Hosain Montazer Torbati, the manager of dispatching center at the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said on Tuesday that during cold days of winter, natural gas exports to Turkey doubled in comparison to similar period last year.
He stated that daily gas exports to the neighboring country, through Bazargan border (West Azebaijan province), is amounted to 25 mcm a day and could be increased to the stipulated volume in the contract that is 30 million cubic meters per day. Torbati described gas export process to Turkey in the current year as desirable.
Iran, which sits atop the second largest natural gas reserves in the world, plans to become a reliable gas exporter in the long term.