Iran Discloses Scale Of Country's Gas Shortage
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 2. Iran is currently
facing a gas shortage of 250-300 million cubic meters daily in
winter and 100 million cubic meters daily in summer, Iranian Oil
Minister Mohsen Paknejad said in a meeting with members of the
Iranian Parliament's Article 90 Commission, Trend reports.
According to him, an average of 850 million cubic meters of gas
has been pumped into the country's gas Network daily since the
beginning of the current year (March 20, 2024). Residential areas,
commercial and public catering facilities, and small industrial
enterprises consumed about 670 million cubic meters of this
gas.
Paknejad stated that gas shortages have been going on in past
years. The oil ministry controls investment and production in gas
fields. On the other hand, it can provide a little assistance with
gas imports and swaps to reduce the number of gas shortages.
However, it won't completely resolve the issue of energy
shortage.
Iran is considered the second largest gas reserve country in the
world, with about 34 trillion cubic meters of gas reserves. There
are currently 22 gas fields in Iran. Reports indicate that Iran
produces 275 billion cubic meters of gas annually.
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