Iran Natural Gas News

Piped gas was supplied to 2,913 rural areas and 23 cities in the last Persian calendar year (March 2020-2021), managing director of National Iranian Gas Company said. Almost 95% of the urban…

The state-run National Iranian Gas Company injected close to 262 billion cubic meters of gas into the Iran Gas Trunkline (IGAT) in the last fiscal year that ended on March 20, up 6% or 16 bcm…

Pipe-laying operation has begun to connect the Persian Gulf’s largest Island (Qeshm) to the national gas grid, head of the state-run National Iranian Gas Company said.

An estimated $50 billion is needed to develop and maintain gas fields across Iran over the next 20 years, managing director of Pars Oil and Gas Company, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil…

Natural gas output has reached 1 billion cubic meters per day, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company said Saturday. "Iran is a major gas producer and daily output now is the…

The $3.4 billion Persian Gulf Bidboland gas refinery was inaugurated Thursday in Khuzestan Province to trap associated gas from crude oil production instead of flaring, the managing director…

Natural gas waste in Iran’s national grid is three times higher than the global average. A report from the National Iranian Gas Company Dispatching Department says close to 26 billion cubic…

The state-run Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) says the national grid cannot take loads higher than 40 gigawatts in winter. Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, a…

The idea of a pipeline stretching from Iran's gas-rich southern regions to Pakistan was an imprudent decision from the outset as most gas-based industries in Pakistan are located in the east of…

Close to 203 billion cubic meters of natural gas was used in ten months to December 21, head of the state-run National Iranian Gas Company said. “It jumped by a massive 53 bcm or 35% compared…

Natural gas delivery to 123 thermal power plants reached 42 billion cubic meters from March to August -- up 5% compared to the same period last year, head of National Iranian Gas Company…

Despite substitute routes, it is likely that Turkey will renew its gas import contract with Iran as it is economically viable, a spokesman of the Iranian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products…

Despite difficulties including geostrategic challenges and the recent coronavirus pandemic, Iran has made noticeable progress in its energy sector.  Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said…

Close to 90% of manufacturing and industrial units in 23 industrial towns across South Khorasan Province are connected to the national gas grid, the managing director of the provincial gas…

Covid-19 pandemic has raised natural gas consumption in the household sector by 30 million cubic meters per day over the past six months compared to a year ago, head of the National Iranian Gas…

The second gas unit of Qeshm Combined Cycle Power Plant in Qeshm Island, off the Persian Gulf, has come on stream. With a capacity of 170 megawatts, it was constructed by the private company…

The first phase of a gas condensate loading and export facility became operational on Thursday in Dayrestan, a village in Shahab District, Qeshm Island in Hormozgan Province. The terminal has…

Supplying natural gas, instead diesel and mazut, to power plants, has doubled to 200 million cubic meters per day since 2013, the National Iranian Gas Company chief said.  “Natural gas…

Gas supply to Sistan-Baluchestan, Iran’s second largest province, will be completed by 2023, head of the provincial gas company told a press conference. Reza Panjabi said pipe laying and…

Average daily natural gas has surpassed 700 million cubic meters, a spokesman for the National Iranian Gas Company said. Refineries produce 703 mcm of natural gas, which is about 11% more than…

Natural gas consumption has reached 85 billion cubic meters since the beginning of the current fiscal in late March, up 4% compared to the same period in 2019, head of National Iranian Gas…

National Iranian Gas Company’s annual gas output will increase by at least 22% by 2021, head of the state-run NIGC said. “Total natural gas production amounted to 270 billion cubic meters in…

The National Iranian Gas Company says it has invested $17 billion in natural gas infrastructure over the past seven years.

The Iranian Central Oil Fields Company has spent $600 million to build pressure boosting stations in gas fields to help provide sustainable supplies to gas refineries, director of the company’s…

The three priorities of the gas industry is people’s welfare, injection into oil wells to increase efficiency, and use in industries. Export of gas is down the line in fourth place, a spokesman…