Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 21

23-May-2011

IRAN

NIGC Inaugurates Gas Storage Facility in Qom

The Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Javad Owji, told reporters on 15 May that the company has inaugurated its first natural gas storage facility, at Sarajeh gas field in Qom province. He said the facility has a maximum storage capacity of 3.3bn cu ms and that NIGC expects to build up a store of approximately 1.28 bcm of gas in the first six months of the...