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Iran struggles to expand gas industry
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
oil and energy trends
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1744-7992
pISSN - 0950-1045
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7992.2006.310803.x
Subject(s) - order (exchange) , natural gas , production (economics) , oil and natural gas , fossil fuel , business , petroleum industry , commerce , natural gas industry , natural resource economics , industrial organization , international trade , petroleum engineering , engineering , economics , waste management , finance , environmental engineering , microeconomics
Iran has ambitious plans to increase its production of natural gas. Part of the aim is to substitute gas for oil in the domestic market in order to allow more oil to be exported; but Iran also wants to export some of the gas. It is proving difficult, however, to realise these plans.