BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 5. The volume of sweet gas supplied from gas refineries to residential buildings, commercial and industrial facilities and power plants in Iran from the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2023) to August 1, 2023, increased by 4 billion cubic meters compared to the same period in the last year, Executive Director of Iranian Gas Transmission Company, Gholam Abbas Hosseini told reporters, Trend reports.
“In total, 98 billion cubic meters of sweet gas were supplied from Iran’s gas refineries to residential, commercial and industrial facilities and power plants in different provinces of the country during March 21 to August 1, 2023” he said.
Hosseini also added that on average, 274 cubic meters of gas are supplied for consumption in country per year.
According to the director, the Iranian Gas Transmission Company has the capacity to transport 1 billion cubic meters per day. Currently, the company is carrying out major overhauls in different provinces. So that gas is continuously transported in the winter season.
Iranian Gas Transmission Company is mainly engaged in transporting or swapping natural gas, ethane, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and gas condensate within the country.
The company has 10 operational zones in ten provinces of Iran. The company has more than 38,000 km of pipelines, 88 gas pressure stations, and 9 gas export-import terminals, and can transport more than 280 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
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