Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 13
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
Iran produces 810 million cubic meters of natural gas daily, said Dispatching Manager of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Mehdi Jamshidi Dana, Trend reports referring to the NIGC’s website.
According to him, this is equal in its value to producing 5 million barrels of crude oil.
Jamshidi Dana added that Iran has a large gas network and gas transportation is being carried out very well.
"Iran has more than 30,000 kilometers of pipelines, 82 gas pressure boilers and 296 turbo compressors," he said.
Jamshidi Dana noted that Iran's gas transportation network is listed among the top of its kind in Asia and worldwide. "Iran has no competitors in the world in terms of gas transportation," he said.