NIGC to Reduce Gas Emissions by 70% in Three Years

The National Iranian Gas Company prevented the emission of about 180 million tons of greenhouse gases in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2020) and emissions in the country's gas industry will be reduced by 70% in the next three years, the head of NIGC’s Health, Safety and Environment Department said.
Expansion of gas supply across the country and replacing natural gas with other types of fossil fuel, including diesel and mazut, last year helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions that led to a decrease in air pollution, Gholamreza Bahmannia was also reported as saying by the Oil Ministry’s news agency Shana.
The same trend will continue to further reduce emissions. Natural gas is to be supplied to more urban and rural areas, and collection and processing of associated petroleum gas in southern Iran, especially from the giant South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf, will increase.