Iran plans to triple gas production by 2015

Iran, second in the world behind Russia in reserves of natural gas, plans to triple gas production by 2015.

Sept. 13, 2010

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Sept. 13 -- Iran, second in the world behind Russia in reserves of natural gas, plans to triple gas production by 2015.

Mostafa Kashkouli, deputy managing director of National Iranian Gas Co., told the Iranian news agency Shana that the current 5-year plan calls for gas output of 1.1 billion cu m/day.

The BP Statistical Review of World Energy estimates Iranian gas production in 2009 at 360 million cu m/day, up 13% from the year before.

Much of the increase is coming from development of giant offshore South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf.