VOL. XXXVII

NO. 21

21-FEBRUARY-1994

Iran

Iran's Gas Consumption More Than Tripled Over The Past Five

Years Iran's gas consumption has more than tripled over the past five yearsfrom 11.4bn cu. ms. in 1988 to 38.9bn cu. ms. in 1993, according to Iranian GasCompany Managing Director Assadollah Salehi. This rapid increase in gasconsumption resulted from a large-scale expansion of Iran's gas supply networkfor domestic and industrial uses, designed to decrease dependence on more costlykerosene and...