The Director of Energy and Carbon at the National Iranian Gas Company announced the development of a document to improve and modernize the brick industry in the country's brick production hub with a high share in gas consumption, and said: "About 300 cubic meters of gas are consumed to produce each ton of brick, but with changes in technology, this figure can be reduced to 27 cubic meters."
Iraq, which has sought to increase its natural gas supply and end severe electricity shortages, has faced a major obstacle. Its plan to import gas from Turkmenistan via a pipeline through Iran has failed to win approval from the United States.
The Director of Energy Consumption Optimization at the National Petrochemical Industries Company announced that 1.7 billion cubic meters of gas have been saved by implementing optimization projects in the last four years.
The operations manager of Fajr Jam Gas Refining Company announced the start of the relocation of two 65-ton refrigeration exchangers; an operation aimed at restoring production capacity and increasing the sustainability of the gas sweetening process during the winter season.
Iran stands at an important crossroads in the history of its gas industry; either it can transform gas into an engine of economic development through fundamental reforms in consumption and policymaking, or it will face a widespread crisis in energy supply by continuing the current pattern.
Regarding the fate of upstream memorandums of understanding and their conversion into contracts, the CEO of the National Petrochemical Company said: "Some of these memorandums are being converted into contracts. For example, the contract for the Bakhtar complex has been approved by the National Oil Company's board of directors and is being finalized."
The CEO of the Iranian Gas Transmission Company announced the sustainable transmission of 260 billion cubic meters of gas in the first year of the 14th government.
The head of maintenance at the Ilam Gas Refinery announced the start of the 17th major overhaul of the refinery on September 1st, saying: "The major overhaul of this period will continue for 24 days, with an estimated 64,000 man-hours of executive staff and 20,000 man-hours of supervisory staff."
The Deputy Minister of Oil announced in a press conference the export of gas to Iraq and the possibility of extending the long-term contract for gas exports to Türkiye.
The financing of $545 million of the credits required to implement the associated gas collection project in the southern Ilam region in the Dehloran region came from the National Development Fund.