Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 3
By Emil Ilgar – Trend:
In the coming 2-3 days, some Iranian cities may face gas pressure fall, the head of National Iranian Gas Company Hamid Reza Araqi said Feb.3.
Currently, about 28 of 31 Iranian provinces have snowy cold weather and the gas consumption in the housing sector reached 530 million cubic meters per day (mcm/d), compared to 160 mcm/d in spring and summer.
Iran produces 700 mcm of sweet gas a day. Soaring gas use in the country’s housing sector led to gas shortage in power and industrial sectors.
Meanwhile, Turkmenistan cut gas deliveries to Iran due to a 9-year delay in payments of $1.8 billion worth of debts in the beginning of the year.