Natural gas consumption in the residential, commercial, and small industrial sectors reached about 2 billion 726 million cubic meters last week as air temperatures dropped, and the highest consumption was recorded on Wednesday with about 401 million cubic meters.
The CEO of the Central Iranian Oil Company announced: "In the first half of this year, the company was able to successfully implement its commitments in the field of gas production and gas storage in the Shurijeh and Sarajeh reservoirs."
The Director of Coordination and Supervision of Production at the National Iranian Gas Company announced that with the successful completion of major repairs to refineries and more gas storage than last year, a daily injection capacity of 850 to 860 million cubic meters of gas has been provided to the national network, and a stable supply of winter fuel for the country has been guaranteed.
The head of the country's Passive Defense Organization said: "By maintaining production continuity during the imposed war and implementing passive defense strategies, the South Pars Complex was able to ensure the country's energy security with the support of its employees."
More than a year has passed since the announcement of the Seventh Development Plan; a five-year plan that, by considering major goals such as "increasing production capacity to 4.8 million barrels per day," "increasing petrochemical production to more than 131 million tons per year," and "increasing annual gas exports to more than 40 billion cubic meters," has set a challenging path in the oil and gas sector.
A spokesman for the Tehran Provincial Gas Company announced the consumption of more than 57 million cubic meters of gas in the past 24 hours in the domestic, commercial, and industrial sectors of the province, a 67 percent increase compared to the same day last week.
The Director of Region 6 of Gas Transmission Operations, emphasizing the need to maintain maximum stability of gas transmission in the southern routes of the country, announced: The monitoring operation of 255 kilometers of pipelines was carried out simultaneously with the participation of the Iranshahr, Kerman, and Sirjan operation centers.
Negotiations for importing gas from Russia are underway, and the two sides have put various technical and financial issues on the table. The last understanding between the two countries was to send about 150 million cubic meters of Russian gas to Iran from Azerbaijan.
The analysis of gas consumption statistics in the first week of November indicates a change in the consumption pattern in the country at the same time as the temperature has decreased in recent days; So that the consumption of the domestic and commercial sectors exceeded that of the power plants.
The CEO of the National Iranian Gas Company announced: "There are currently no restrictions on gas supply to industries and power plants, and the gas supply situation is better in all aspects compared to last year."