By April 2016 Iran plans to increase total natural gas extraction up to 70 million cub.m. a day, Press TV channel quoted Mahmud Astaneh, Advisor of Iranian Oil Minister, as saying.
Therefore, natural gas production in Iran will increase by 50 million cub.m. a day. Advisor added that in the coming several years it is planned to increase this index up to 1.2 billion cub.m. a day. Half of this volume is expected to be consumed inside the country.
Astanekh added that this winter gas consumption in Iran should not exceed 550 million cub.m. a day. Thus, the country should not have a natural gas shortage this winter.
