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hammered the country’s economy. large quantities of crude oil, according to Iranian Gas Company stated on November
US President-elect Joe Biden has said media reports. 15, the amount of gas injected into the
he would return to the nuclear pact if Iran This pipeline is one of the oldest oil national distribution network was 761 million
resumes compliance. transport lines from Iraq and has a diameter cubic meters, which shows an increase of 5.3
REUTERS of 12 inches. percent year-on-year.
NAHARNET According to Julaei, following the decrease
Lebanese MP wonders if in air temperature in some provinces of the
country, the consumption of natural gas had
smuggling to Syria was GAS increased, especially in the domestic sector.
Emphasizing the need for optimal energy
behind pipeline blast Iran’s daily gas consumption, he said: “The supply of gas to
customers in the country is stable, but it is
Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid consumption surpasses necessary to observe safety tips and save on
Jumblat on Tuesday suggested that the recent natural gas consumption for all consumers.”
oil pipeline blast in the northern region 700 mcm Iran is a gas exporter in the region.
of al-Abdeh could have been caused by According to the CEO of the National Iranian
“smuggling” to neighbouring Syria. Gas consumption in Iran has reached 707 Gas Company during the last 7 years Iran’s gas
“Is it correct that the pipeline blast in al- million cubic meters per day. exports have increased by %88.
Abdeh happened as some were pumping oil According to the dispatching director Hassan Montazer Torbati stated in early
from the North’s refinery to Syria?” Jumblat of the National Iranian Gas Company September that the country’s natural gas
asked in a tweet. Mohammad Reza Julaei, the share of the exports to Turkey, Iraq, the Republic of
“Have we moved to this magnitude of domestic, commercial and non-major Azerbaijan, and Armenia continues.
smuggling? And are oil traders bringing industries in this amount was 481 million During the last seven years, Iran’s natural
illegal ships to smuggle the subsidized oil?” he cubic meters, which is an increase of 2.4 gas export increased by more than %88 which
wondered. percent compared to the same period last year. results from the development of the South
The oil pipeline, which has been The consumption of major industries Pars Gas Field and the start of gas exports to
inoperational since 1983, runs from Iraq to was 121 million cubic meters and power Iraq in this period, he told reporters.
Lebanon via Syria. plants took 105 million cubic meters, he told MEHR NEWS
Although the export of oil through the SHANA in an interview.
pipeline stopped decades ago, it still contains The dispatching director of the National

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