Iran Press/ Iran News: On the latest situation of Iran's gas production surge, Masoud Zardouyan said the capacity of gas processing in the country's refineries has increased to about 1.030 billion cubic meters per day.
Zardouyan noted that the production surge happened despite the major repair of the refineries, adding that with purposeful planning along with the overhauls, the needs of industries, petrochemicals, power plants, and export markets for gas have been met.
The official stressed that it has been planned the number of gas refineries will increase from the 18 existing refineries to 19 in 2021.
"In 2019, the average gas exports increased by about 3 billion and 600 million cubic meters compared to 2018. In total, in 2019, Iran's gas exports experienced a 26% jump compared to its previous year."
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