BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 15. Iran's Oil
Ministry aims to reinforce the country’s gas transport
infrastructure by constructing 1,000 km of pipelines across
multiple provinces in the current Iranian year (from March 21,
2025, through March 20, 2026), Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad
told reporters, Trend reports.
Paknejad observed that, in addition to the installation of new
gas pipelines, pressure-boosting stations are concurrently being
activated.
The minister highlighted that key projects include the
commissioning of a 300 km gas transport pipeline in the western and
southwestern corridors, the activation of 170 km of pipelines in
northern provinces, increasing gas flow to Ardabil Province, the
construction of a 50 km Chalvand-Ardabil pipeline to enhance
pipeline continuity in the northwest, and laying a 154 km pipeline
in the southwestern Sistan and Baluchestan Province.
He emphasized that these projects remain a central focus for the
Ministry of Oil.
To note, Iran ranks as the world’s second-largest holder of gas
reserves, with an estimated 34 trillion cubic meters of natural
gas. The country currently has 22 active gas fields, producing 1.07
billion cubic meters of rich gas daily.
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