The Iranian Government’s Economic Council has approved measures to tackle the gas supply imbalance during the cold months.
Managing General of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Saeed Tavakkoli has said that Iran is currently producing as much as 800 million cubic meters of natural gas.
Afshin Shabab, an aide to Iran’s Power Generation Companies Syndicate, has said that some 5 billion cubic meters of gas and 8 billion kilowatts of electricity are being annually wasted in Iran.
Managing general of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has underscored the role of Russia and Iran, as the first two countries in terms of having the largest world gas reserves, in meeting energy needs of the region and the whole world.
Turkish state energy company Botas has had talks with the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) for long-term gas imports from Iran.
Hamid Pourmohammadi, the head of Iran’s Plan and Budget Organization says the country’s gas consumption is equivalent to that of China.
Iran has commenced drilling operations for the first phase of a major project aimed at maintaining gas production at the South Pars gas field.
Iran’s South Pars phase 14 refinery has been connected to the national gas network via pipeline, an official with the Iranian Gas Transmission Company (IGTC) said.
Managing General of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Majid Chegini has said that Iran currently has no plans to export gas to Europe.
The chief executive of Iran’s Pars Special Economic Zone Organization said Iran has outpaced Qatar in the extraction of gas from joint fields.