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implementation of this program is not time- the country. two sides made an agreement on the direct
consuming, and it will also be done free of The daily natural gas consumption by transportation of fuel from Iran to Kurdistan
charge for building owners and will also households and the commercial sector through Bashmaq border, IRNA reported.
reduce their gas bills. reached 253 million cubic meters (mcm) in It was decided that at the first stage
“Our social responsibility dictated that early October. the tankers carrying gasoline, which were
we enter the issue, and by doing so, both TEHRAN TIMES stopped at the borderline, can unload their
fuel consumption will be reduced and the consignments in Kurdistan, and then those
environment will be protected,” he stressed. tankers carrying oil and gas oil unload their
According to the official, the Oil Ministry SERVICES consignments at Bashmaq.
has created a website in which those who are As ISNA reported on Tuesday, the tankers
willing for their engine rooms to be optimized Gasoline export to Iraqi started transporting fuel to Kurdistan after the
would register and their buildings will be Monday agreement.
subsequently assessed and optimized as soon Kurdistan resumed In addition to the issue of direct
as possible. transportation of fuel, the expansion of Iran’s
Iran’s daily natural gas consumption During a meeting between some officials exports to Kurdistan was also discussed
increased 28 percent earlier this month due to from Iran’s western Kordestan province during the meeting.
the sudden decline in the temperature across and Iraqi Kurdistan Region on Monday, the TEHRAN TIMES

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