VOL. XXXIX

No. 5

30-October-1995

IRAN

Iran Announces New Gas Discovery In Bushehr

Iranian Oil Minister Gholamreza Aghazadeh announced last week that a large gas field has been discovered in Bushehr province. Speaking on Tehran radio on 20 October, Mr. Aghazadeh said the new field held 8 trillion cu. ft. (240bn cu. ms.) of natural gas and 100mn barrels of natural gas liquids (NGL). The gas is sweet and can therefore be injected directly into the country's national pipeline network...