Iran Plans to Expand Its Gas Transfer Network to Deal With Increased Production

Iran is planning to expand its natural gas transfer network in light of its plans to increase gas production capacity in the coming years.

Currently, 72 gas pressure booster stations, 36 operation centres, and over 35,000 kilometres of pipelines transfer natural gas all over the country. The numbers will increase to 136 stations, 74 centres, and 62,000 kilometres, respectively, based on Iran’s 2025 Outlook Plan, Shana news agency reported on November 10.

The country’s gas transfer capacity is projected to reach 96 billion cubic meters by the end of Iranian fiscal year 1396 (March 2018).

In the past Iranian fiscal year, which ended on March 20, 2015, seven gas pressure booster stations came on stream and five new ones will come on stream in the current year.

Each turbo-compressor, having 25 megawatts of output, has the capacity to transfer 35 million cubic meters of gas per day. Each pressure booster station needs 2 trillion rials (about $55 million) to be launched.