BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 18. Iran continues diplomacy on gas export, import, and transportation, Iran's Deputy Oil Minister and Executive Director of the National Gas Company Saeed Tavakoli said, Trend reports.
According to him, a gas agreement was recently signed between Iran and Russia. This agreement is of great importance, and it is expected to be realized soon. Iran wants to become the energy center of the region in the coming years. One of the ways to do this is through gas exchange with Russia.
Tavakoli added that Iran has a gas exchange agreement with Turkmenistan, and a timeline for the implementation of this agreement should be determined, and work is underway in this direction.
The deputy oil minister stated that Iraq has no debt to Iran for exporting Iranian gas to Iraq. Iraq is one of Iran's best customers and pays on time for the exported gas.
“When it comes to the issue of Iranian gas exports, decisions are not made only by the National Company of Iran. This company is trying to turn most of the country's natural gas into revenue. However, this issue depends on many factors,” he said.
Iran is considered the second-largest gas reserve country in the world, with about 34 trillion cubic meters of gas reserves. A total of 22 gas fields are currently operating in Iran.
To note, Executive Director of Iran's National Gas Company Majid Chegeni and Executive Director of Russia's Gazprom Alexey Miller signed a document on June 26 on the transportation of Russian gas to Iran. Russian gas will be transported to Iran along the Caspian Sea bed. Under the 30-year contract signed between Iran's National Gas Company and Russia's Gazprom, 300 million cubic meters of gas will be transported daily from Russia to Iran.