Gov’t Expediting Gas Supply to Baluchestan

Projects to connect more urban and rural households plus industries to the national gas grid in Sistan-Baluchestan Province will be accelerated with new investments in the range of $800 million, the oil minister said.
“Almost 95% of the country’s population is linked to the national gas network. An estimated five million people do not have access to piped gas, half of which live in Sistan-Baluchestan," the Oil Ministry news agency quoted Bijan Namdar Zanganeh as saying.
The underdeveloped province is the only region partly deprived of piped gas. Until the whole population of about 2.7 million are connected to the grid, homes make do with liquid fuel.