Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company Hamidreza Araqi says Iran has the possibility to raise its daily gas exports to Turkey by 6 million cubic meters per day.
"Based on contract, Iran exports 30 million cubic meters of gas to Turkey per day and giving the current infrastructures, it can add up six million cubic meters to its daily gas exports to Turkey. This will be possible once a new contract is signed and it is not possible based the current contract," Araqi told, Iran’s SHANA news agency reported.
Araqi said if long-term contract for increasing volume of gas exports to Turkey is signed by the two sides, necessary infrastructures can be established.
He said between March 21 and August 6, 2015, 2.051 billion cubic meters of gas were exported, and between March 20 and August 5, 2016, it amounted to 2.093 cubic meters.
He pointed out that during March 21-August 5, 2015, gas delivery to power plants stood at 26.071 billion cubic meters whereas the figure for the same period this year was 27.067 billion cubic meters.
He said from March 21-August 5, 2015, 1.038 billion cubic meters of gas were injected to Sarajeh and Shourijeh storage tanks and 3.096 billion to Aghajari oil fields as the figures reached 1.052 billion and 5.037 billion cubic meters in the same period this year.
Referring to presence of President Hassan Rouhani in the ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of establishment of the National Iranian Gas Company and said his presence showed importance of the activities of the NIGC and that the company had successful performance.
About NIGC
The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) was established in 1965 as one of the four principal companies affiliated to the Ministry of Petroleum of the Islamic Republic of Iran.