[caption id="attachment_112217" align="alignright" width="195"] A view of infrastructure at South Pars gas field (file photo)[/caption] A top Iranian energy official says a total of 14 domestic consortia have voiced readiness to finance the construction of a pipeline that will transport natural gas from Iran to its western neighbor, Iraq. The groups ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran cautioned Islamabad over falling behind the schedule in fulfilling its obligations in a multi-billion-dollar pipeline project that is to take natural gas from Iran to Pakistan. "Under a contract signed between Iran and Pakistan, the latter had to deliver its commitments by starting import of Iran's gas supplies in December 2014,...

TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) Managing Director of Iran National Gas Organization has said production of 666 million cubic meters of gas per day will place Iran as the biggest gas producer in the history of gas industry. Hamidreza Araghi made the remarks at a press conference on Saturdayin Tehran. While maintaining that Irans gas production has exceeded ...

TEHRAN Dec 29 (Shana)--National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) would need $62.5 billion in investment to be able to supply 330 bcm of gas a year by March 2018, NIGC chief said. Hamid-Reza Araqi said the number of gas refineries should increase from 13 to 19, the number of gas pressure booster stations from 71 to 90 and the gas transmission lines should ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Irans top security official: Military attack no more among enemies options Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani underscored the countrys missile power, and said military attack against Iran is no more among the enemies options.  ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) Pointing to the preparation of pipelines and installations to kick off Irans gas export to Iraq, Irans deputy oil minister expected that exporting gas to neighboring country will begin by early next year. In an interview to Mehr News about the latest status of gas export contract between Iran and Iraq, Irans Deputy Oil Minister ...

[caption id="attachment_109089" align="alignright" width="162"] A view of the installations in Irans South Pars region (file photo)[/caption] Iran is prepared to double its natural gas production by 2017 even if Western sanctions against the country stay in place, a senior Iranian energy official says. Over the next three years, our plan is to increase ...

TEHRAN Oct 29 (Shana)--Refineries in the giant South Pars gas field are ready to pump gas during winter, the managing-director of National Iranian Gas Company said. Hamid-Reza Araqi, during a visit to South Pars, said NIGC is fully ready to supply gas during winter. The necessary infrastructure has been provided for processing, transmission and ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran will start supplying natural gas to neighboring Iraq on a regular basis by the spring of 2015, an Iranian energy official announced. In the first phase of the Iranian gas exports to Iraq, seven million cubic meters (mcm) of natural gas will be transferred to the Arab country, Managing-Director of National Iranian Gas Company ...

Tehran, Sept 29, IRNA - Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamid Reza Araqi said here on Monday that several countries, the Europeans in particular, have voiced their willingness to import gas from Iran as sanctions ease against the Islamic Republic. Speaking in a press conference, Araqi put the country's daily gas production ...

TEHRAN Sept 15 (Shana)--The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has entered into talks with 17 domestic and foreign companies for investment in gas industry, managing director of NIGC Hamid Reza Araqi said. Araqi told Shana that NIGC has changed its investment procedures, adding that in the past,the contractors andinvestors tasked with providing necessary ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Several European states have entered negotiations with Iran to assess the conditions for importing gas from the energy rich nation as an alternative for their Russian supplies, a senior energy official announced on Saturday. "The European countries are negotiating with us and tasting the conditions in a bid to have an alternative ...

TEHRAN August 20 (Shana)--Ten gas pressure booster stations are expected to become operational across the country by March 2015, managing-director of National Iranian Gas Company said. In the year the sanctions intended to restrict the countrys progress, NIGC is to operate 10 gas pressure booster facilities by the end of the current calendar year,...

TEHRAN August 20 (Shana)--Iran is to launch an invitation to potential investors in mini-LNG facilities in two months, managing-director of National Iranian Gas Company said. After the launch of the invitation, investment companies can announce their readiness for contribution to the construction of mini-LNG plants, Hamid-Reza Araqi said. He said ...

[caption id="attachment_112110" align="alignright" width="222"] A file photo of facilities related to the offshore South Pars gas field in southern Iran[/caption] Iran can nearly double its gas shipment to Turkey from the current 36 million cubic meters (mcm) per day with the start-up of new facilities, a top Iranian gas official says. At present,...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamid Reza Araqi rejected that Iran is selling its gas to Turkey at higher than international market prices as groundless. Araqi's remarks came in reaction to a complaint by Turkey's state-owned Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS) filed at an international court of arbitration ...

TEHRAN August 18 (Shana)--Development of gas supply across the country will help the countrys economy get out of stagnation, a senior gas official said. The countrys economy logically depends on gas and the countrys energy mix depends on this fuel, Hamid-Reza Araqi, managing-director of National Iranian Gas Company, said. He added that enhanced gas ...

TEHRAN July 12 (Shana)--National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) expects to increase its gas delivery capacity to power plants to over one billion cubic meters a day by the next three years, an NIGC official said. Hassan Montazer Torbati, director for planning of NIGC, said the hike is due to realization of upstream gas production capacity enhancement ...

TEHRAN June 28 (Shana)--Iran will see its gas exports rise to 10 bcm, from 9 bcm, this calendar year to March 2015, director for planning at National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said. Last [calendar year], 9 bcm of gas was exported. In the current year, with the gas production capacity increase by 80 to 100 mcm, the countrys gas exports will rise to ...

Iran is considering investment plans to construct small liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in the country, an Iranian energy official says. At present, more investors have expressed preparedness to build mini LNG plants and nearly USD 100 million of investment is estimated to be required for the construction of such small refineries, Managing Director ...