Ways of promoting the Islamic Republic of Iran's status in the international energy markets

To those working in the energy sector especially oil or tracing impacts of the energy sector in the economy, the most pressing question is "What factors do determine the price of oil in the international scene?"
In the 1970s, the conventional response was the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, because they held the OPEC was the only monitor of the oil prices, although they lacked any scientific or reasonable reasoning. The response is not, however, so convincing.
Although the OPEC was seemingly the most instrumental factor in the change of oil prices in the 1970s, it is now the market which determines the oil prices via creating balance between demand and supply.
Now the most important question arising is that "Can there be a new situation in which the OPEC would be able to regain its glorious past or do the global oil industry authorities and the OPEC member countries favour such an ideal?"
The current research attempts to respond to some questions like these, assess Iran's role in the OPEC and work out mechanisms to strengthen the oil grouping's-and Iran's-stance in the global oil deals. In other words, the project has addressed ways of maintaining the current situation and promoting the Islamic Republic of Iran's stance in gaining a better foothold at the world markets. Yet, each of the topics requires a separate research.
Laid out in nine chapters, the research has drawn on the situation of the global economy by the year 2020 and attempted to predict energy demand and expenses of oil and gas production in different parts of the world. Meantime, it has touched on the oil supply by the OPEC and non-OPEC member countries with an emphasis on the status of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The research has put forth mechanisms for raising Iran's foothold in the oil and gas markets.