VOL. XXXIII

NO. 23

12-MARCH-1990

Iran

Iran Ups Gas Reserves

The Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Mr.Mohammad Karachian, has said that Iran has gas reserves of 17 trillion cubicmeters, more than 20% higher than the generally accepted figure of 14 trillioncubic meters. Speaking in a newspaper interview published in Tehran on 5March, the NIGC chief gave no reason for the upward revision of the reservefigures, but said that gas would play a growing role in meeting domestic...