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).

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).

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

Iran seeking gas exports to Europe through Turkey: NIGC head

TEHRAN – Head of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said Iran is seriously following up on exporting gas to Europe through Turkey, ILNA reported.

6th line of Iran’s national gas network ready to go on stream

TEHRAN – Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said the country's two western gas pipelines, namely the sixth and ninth pipelines, will soon be officially inaugurated by President Rouhani, IRIB reported.

Iran’s daily gas output hits 810mcm

TEHRAN – National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Dispatching Director Mehdi Jamshidi Dana, said the country’s daily gas production has reached 810 million cubic meters (mcm), Shana reported on Sunday.

40 major gas industry projects to be inaugurated by March 2020

TEHRAN – Managing director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said 40 major projects in the country’s gas industry are due to be inaugurated by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2020), IRNA reported.

Development projects worth $2.38b come on stream

TEHRAN – Some 518 development projects worth over 100 trillion rials (about $2.38 billion) were inaugurated during President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to East Azarbaijan Province on Thursday.

800km of gas pipelines to be added to national network by Mar. 2020

TEHRAN – Head of Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company (IGEDC) said the company plans to build 800 kilometers of pipelines for gas transmission by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2020).

‘NIGC moving toward complete self-sufficiency in face of sanctions’

TEHRAN - Saied Pakseresht, director of research and technology at National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), said the company is nearly self-sufficient in supplying all its needs.

‘Boosting LPG exports an agenda of NIGC’s next year’s activities’

TEHRAN- Increasing exports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will be an agenda of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC)’s activities in the next Iranian calendar year (starts on March 21, 2019), the managing director of company announced.

All villages to enjoy natural gas within 2-3 years: NIGC managing director

TEHRAN- Natural gas will be supplied to all villages in the country by the next two-three years, National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) managing director announced.

Montazer Torbati appointed new managing director of NIGC

TEHRAN- Hassan Montazer Torbati was appointed as the new managing director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), IRNA reported.

NIGC exports 7.1m tons of LPG in 6 months

TEHRAN- National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) exported 7.1 million tons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), the managing director of company announced.

Iran capable of more gas exports: NIGC managing director

TEHRAN- Iran has the necessary capability and potential to increase gas exports to the neighboring countries and even other customers, according to the managing director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC).

Over 73% of rural areas connected to gas network in 3 months

TEHRAN – National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC)'s Gas Distribution Director Saeid Momeni said 73.6 percent of the country’s rural areas have been connected to the national gas network by the end of the current Iranian calendar year’s first quarter (June 21).

NIGC supplies power plants with 285mcm of gas per day

TEHRAN- National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has been supplying the power plants in the country with 285 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas per day since the beginning of summer, Mehdi Jamshidi Dana, the dispatching director in NIGC, announced.

Gas exports up 9% in a quarter on year

TEHRAN- Iran’s gas exports increased by nine percent during the first quarter of current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21), according to a gas official.

NIGC attracts $2b of investment under BOT contracts

TEHRAN – Managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said two billion dollars of investment has been attracted into the country’s gas industry using Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts.

Gas processing up 9% in year

TEHRAN- Natural gas processing increased 9.3 percent in Iran in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), according to a director in National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC). Gholamreza Bahman-Nia, the director for supervising production in NIGC, announced that some 214 billion cubic meters of gas was processed during the past year, IRIB reported.

Gas exports to Baghdad to rise to 14mcm/d by June

TEHRAN- Iran will increase its gas exports to Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad to 14 million cubic meters per day (mcm/d) since June, one year after starting gas exports to the Iraqi city, according to a director in the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC).

Supplying gas to 3 remaining power plants to be expedited

TEHRAN- In a meeting with the senior officials on Saturday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh to expedite the trend of gas supplying to the country’s power plants.

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Iran to become gas technical–engineering services exporter

TEHRAN- Iran is planning to become an exporter of technical and engineering services in gas sector, National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Managing Director Hamidreza Araqi announced.

Iran’s gas export up 64% in 5 months yr/yr

TEHRAN- Iran exported over five billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22), a 64 percent rise from 3.2 bcm in the same period of time last year, according to a gas official.