Tehran, YJC. Iran has signed a gas contract worth about $100 million with an EU member.
Iran’s National Gas Company signed a deal with a European company
to provide equipments for some of its pressure boosting sites and pipelines.
The company’s Directing Manager Hamid Reza Araqi has said
that in the current year, the company will put 10 pressure boosting facilities
into operation along with accomplishing the 6th, 7th, and
8th inter-provincial pipelines.
Besides these, it has been a policy on the company’s agenda
to boost its capacity for natural gas export to Europe. Some of the pressure
boosting facilities that are going to be operational this year, such as the 3rd
Azerbaijan pipeline and the 6th cross-country pipeline will boost Iran’s
capacity for export to Turkey and European countries.
Also, last week Iran started negotiations with a European company
to provide some of the fund needed to complete the 9th cross-country
pipeline which will be one of the main pipelines to carry gas to Europe.
Besides these, Iran has signed a deal with a European company
worth about $100 million to provide equipment for its pressure boosting
facilities and pipelines.