(CNN) Iran announced on Sunday that it has discovered a new natural gas reserve with the capacity to produce nearly 400 million barrels of gas condensate, which could generate a total of $40 billion. The natural gas field, named Eram, is located near the Persian Gulf in the southwestern province of Fars and holds about 19 trillion cubic feet of gas, National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Deputy Managing Director Reza Dehghan said at a press conference. "America cannot cease Iran's oil production. Sanctions have not stopped the Iranian oil industry. We are alive," Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said last month.

Source: CNN October 13, 2019 21:56 UTC