VOL. XLIII

No. 42

16-OCTOBER-2000

IRAN

Energy Consumption In Iran

by AM Samsam Bakhtiari and F Shahbudaghlou

The following article by National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) staff A M Samson Bakhtiari and F Shahbudaghlou was published in theOPEC Review, September 2000 and is reproduced with permission.

Until the close of the 19th century, Iranians had to rely on two traditional sources for their energy requirements: human and animal power (for agriculture and transportation purposes); and firewood and...