On the 23rd Iran’s oil minister Paknezhad said a gas field in southern Fars province contains proven reserves exceeding 7.5 trillion cubic feet (TCF); with an indicated recovery rate above 72% this implies roughly 5.7 TCF recoverable. He said the gas is sweet, lowering development and extraction costs, and that the discovery includes substantial condensate volumes that could be worth hundreds of billions of dollars to the state.

Syria's interim government foreign minister told Refinitiv on the 22nd that Damascus expects to soon resume negotiations with Israel on a security agreement intended to secure Israeli withdrawal from Syrian territory. He said talks have been stalled since the outbreak of hostilities involving the US, Israel and Iran earlier this year but are expected to restart, and that the US is pressing Israel to return to dialogue. He added the interim government "currently does not trust Israel" but prioritises halting Israeli strikes and seeks "confidence-building measures." Contacts were severed after an attack on the Abu Zuhur airbase on the 18th of this month.

Vietnam's TMT Auto will launch the country's cheapest electric car, priced at 148 million VND (about $5,650).