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Iran accounts for nearly 40% of gas consumption in the Middle East. a senior gas official said. underlining the unacceptably high energy consumption patterns that have been strongly criticized by economic experts and environmentalists for decades.
“By some accounts. Iran holds the world’s largest reserves of natural gas. But the lion’s share of output is consumed domestically.” Mohammad Hussein Adeli. secretary general of the Gas Exporting Countries’ Forum (GECF) said. ISNA reported on Saturday.
“Almost 40% of Middle East’s gas consumption takes place in Iran. which is unreasonably high by any standard. The residential sector is the largest consumer. followed by power plants.”
Part of the consumption can be attributed to the government’s push to increase the supply of natural gas as a clean fossil fuel to power plants and curb the burning of environmentally-unfriendly fuels. such as diesel and mazut.
But Adeli acknowledges that domestic consumption is disproportionate to production and exports.
