National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC)’s Managing Director

2021-05-26 16:28

Negotiations underway for renewing gas export deal with Turkey

TEHRAN – Head of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said natural gas exports to Turkey are ongoing under the framework of the current 25-year contract between the two countries and negotiations are also underway for extending the deal.

2021-05-22 14:50

NIGC issues 8m free gas bills for efficient subscribers

TEHRAN – Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hassan Montazer Torbati said his company has issued over eight million free natural gas bills for efficient subscribers following a program for encouraging consumption management.

2021-03-09 10:53

NIGC head praises gas industry’s performance during winter

TEHRAN - The Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hasan Montazer Torbati said that his company has done a good job in sustainable supply and transmission of natural gas during the cold season.

2020-12-29 10:20

Households consume over 80% of produced gas

TEHRAN- Over 80 percent of Iran’s produced gas is currently consumed by the household subscribers, which is an unprecedented figure, the dispatching director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) announced.

2020-12-25 14:32

NIGC managing director warns about rising gas consumption

TEHRAN- The managing director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) warned about the rising trend of gas consumption in the country as the winter has come, Shana reported.

2020-11-10 10:15

Gas to be supplied to 40,000 villages by March 2022

TEHRAN- The managing director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) announced that gas will be supplied to 40,000 villages throughout the country by the end of the next Iranian calendar year (March 2022).

2020-10-25 15:25

By Mahnaz Abdi

Sarajeh UGS noticeably under development

Iran has two major natural gas storage facilities in Sarajeh and Shourijeh, in which every year the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) stores the gas received from gas refineries all over the country to be used in the colder months of the year.

2020-10-13 15:45

Optimizing engine rooms to save 500 mcm of gas annually

TEHRAN – Head of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said that optimizing the engine rooms of the residential and commercial buildings across the country is going to save 500 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas every year, Shana reported.

2020-08-19 14:19

Gas supply to power plants hits record high

TEHRAN – Head of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hassan Montazer Torbati said the cumulative gas supply to the country’s power plants in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-July 21) has hit a new record high of 26 billion cubic meters.

2020-08-17 14:07

NIGC assures stable energy supply in winter

TEHRAN – Head of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Dispatching Department said the company is fully prepared for sustainable gas supply during the cold season, Shana reported.

2020-06-09 15:05

95% of population in Iran supplied with natural gas

TEHRAN- The managing director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) says that the national gas transferring network covers 95 percent of the country’s population, IRNA reported.

2020-06-08 10:29

Turkey committed to gas deal with Iran: official

TEHRAN- An official with the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) says that Turkey has so far adhered to its gas deal with Iran.

2020-06-01 14:44

Plans underway for gas export to neighboring regions

TEHRAN- Iran is planning to export gas to the neighboring regions, especially the Kurdistan region of Iraq, the managing director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) announced.

2020-05-31 10:54

‘Iran’s gas export deals may see essential changes after pandemic’

TEHRAN- Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hossein Montazer Torbati says the conditions governing Iran’s long-term gas contracts probably undergo essential changes after the coronavirus pandemic, Press TV reported.

2020-04-27 13:33

Iran’s daily gas exports to Iraq at 32 mcm

TEHRAN - National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Dispatching Director Mehdi Jamshidi-Dana said the country is exporting 32 million cubic meters (mcm) of natural gas to Iraq on a daily basis.

2020-04-19 14:37

Iran’s monthly natural gas consumption rises yr/yr

TEHRAN - National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Dispatching Director says the country’s gas consumption during the first Iranian calendar month of Farvardin (March 20-April 19) has increased in comparison to the last year’s same period, Shana reported.

2020-04-10 15:12

Gas production, distribution stable in country: NIGC managing director

TEHRAN- The managing director of the National Iranian Gas company (NIGC) announced that gas production, transfer and distribution is stable in the country despite coronavirus outbreak, Shana reported.

2020-03-27 14:56

Power plants receive 61 bcm of gas in a year

TEHRAN - National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Dispatching Director Mehdi Jamshidi Dana announced that 61 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas has been supplied to the country’s power plants during the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 19).

2020-02-12 19:20

Iran’s daily gas consumption touches 600 mcm

TEHRAN – Iran’s daily natural gas consumption has once again hit a record high of nearly 600 million cubic meters (mcm) a day due to the unprecedented snowfall and cold weather which has blanketed the country, said the spokesman of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC).

2020-01-24 14:17

IFCC calls for optimizing gas consumption as cold weather persists

TEHRAN – Iran Fuel Conservation Company (IFCC) has called for optimization of the consumption of energy carriers considering the country’s natural gas consumption has reached a record high in recent weeks, IRNA reported on Thursday.

2020-01-20 15:15

ICOFC supplies 254 mcm/d of gas to NIGC amid record high consumption

TEHRAN –Iranian Central Oil Fields Company (ICOFC) has supplied 254 million cubic meters per day (mcm/d) of natural gas to the National Iranian gas Company (NIGC) in the past two days in which the country’s gas consumption hit new records, IRNA reported on Monday quoting ICOFC’s managing director.

2020-01-19 14:22

Iran’s daily gas consumption hits new record high

TEHRAN – Iran’s daily natural gas consumption hit a record high of 592 million cubic meters (mcm) a day due to the recent heavy snowfall and cold weather which has blanketed the country, said the spokesman of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC).

2019-12-25 14:17

95% of Iranian housholds supplied with natural gas: NIGC head

TEHRAN – Head of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said currently 95 of the country’s urban and rural areas are connected to the national gas network, Shana reported on Tuesday.

2019-12-15 16:50

Iran’s daily gas refining capacity reaches 900 mcm

TEHRAN - Daily processing capacity of Iranian gas refineries is has reached 900 million cubic meters, according to the head of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC)’s Production Coordination and Supervision Directorate, IRIB reported on Sunday.

2019-11-29 14:34

Iran to develop Middle East’s largest gas storage facility

TEHRAN - National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has awarded the development project of Shourijeh gas storage facility in the northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province to an Iranian company based on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract, IRNA reported on Friday, quoting a senior gas official as saying.

2019-11-09 18:32

No worries over stable gas supply during cold season: NIGC

TEHRAN - National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC)’s dispatching director said with the recent increases in South Pars gas field output and new lines and pressure boosting units going on stream along the national gas network, NIGC is ready for sustainable gas supply during the cold season.

2019-09-13 19:27