Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 6

6-February-2006

IRAN

Iran Targets 2Mn B/D Refining Capacity, Plans Aggressive Gas Exports Expansion

Despite ever more strained relations with the international community over its nuclear program, Iran is pushing ahead with plans to increase its oil refining capacity to 2mn b/d, refine its upstream investment model and pursue an aggressive expansion of its share in the global gas export market, according to Irans OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili. In...