Iran has been ranked first in the world in terms of under-construction oil transmission pipelines with 1,975 kilometers of oil pipelines under construction, report says.
According to a report released by Global Energy Monitor last Monday, Iran’s pipeline construction program puts the country higher than India, Niger, and Canada.
The development is taking place despite the harsh regime of sanctions imposed by the US on the country's energy sector.
There are 9,100 kilometers of oil transmission pipelines under construction in the world and an additional 21,900 kilometers of pipelines planned for construction.
The leading five countries in terms of in-development pipelines – both planned and under construction – are the US, India, Iraq, Iran, and Tanzania, the report said.
“The top five parent companies developing oil pipelines are state-owned enterprises and private companies, including Iran’s Ministry of Petroleum, the China National Petroleum Corporation, Iraq’s Ministry of Oil, India’s Numaligarh Refinery Limited, and France’s TotalEnergies,” it added.