Four Iranian Firms to Study Feasibility of Gas Fuelled Power Plants

Iranian firms are expected to start feasibility studies on constructing natural gas-fuelled power plants.

State run gas company has held talks with four leading Iranian enterprises to start feasibility studies, a senior gas official told Shana News.

Ali-Reza Kameli, head of National Iranian Gas Exports Company (NIGEC), said last year the company signed the first contract with a local company which is being followed by agreements with four other companies.

Kameli added that the firms have six months to submit their findings to NIGEC.

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey and the UAE are the envisaged destinations for exporting electricity generated by the power plants, Shana said.

Kameli argued that using natural gas for electricity generation is one way to diversity gas export.