Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 29/ Trend F.Milad/
Iran produced some 313 million cubic meters (mcm) of natural gas per day at its central oilfields during winter, which was a record in the current calendar year (to end on March 19), the managing director of Iran's Central Oilfields Company Mehdi Fakour said.
Mehdi Fakour told Shana news agency that the company had the capacity to produce up to 325mcm of natural gas.
Iran plans to increase gas output at fields located along western borders of the country, Fakour said earlier.
Speaking to Mehr news agency, Fakour added that the development plans have commenced at four western gas fields, which will raise Iran's total daily gas output by 50 million cubic meters per day.
Iran's natural gas production capacity stands at around 554 million cubic meters per day, the National Iranian Gas Company spokesman said on February 5.
Majid Boujarzadeh told Pana news agency that taking the imported gas from Turkmenistan into account, some 600mcm of natural gas is supplied across the country per day.
Iran has exported some 7.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas since the beginning of the current calendar year, which started on March 21, 2011, up 10.5 percent compared to the same period of last year, the NIGC's managing director Javad Owji said.