Iran says almost self-sufficient in gas industry
By Trend
The managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company said the country is now 99 percent self-sufficient in the gas industry.
“Through (the
government’s) support for domestic production, the country has
achieved 99 percent self-sufficiency in the sector of gas
distribution and 75 percent self-sufficiency in the refinery
section of the transmission pipelines,” Hamid Reza Araqi said, IRIB
news agency reported on August 31.
We have managed to
make gas tribunes required for this industry through domestic
support, he added.
The NIGC head noted that Iranian experts gave been also able to produce Mercaptan, which is used in the natural gas industry as an odorant, due to its ideal compatibility with methane.
Iran owns about 18
percent of the world’s gas reserves and its production accounts for
over 5 percent of the global figure.
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