Posted on 08/01/2022 4:49:38 AM PDT by JonPreston
ran has earned as much money from the export of gas in the past four months as it had received during the whole last year, the oil minister said.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Oil Minister Javad Owji said the income generated by the sale of gas in the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21- July 22) has stood at around $4 billion, equal to the total gas export revenues during the year 1400 (March 2021 – March 2022).
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Let’s go Brandon!
Guess this is just one more claim to fame for our so-called president. Funny, I guess I always thought that a president was supposed to be able to lead his people.
I was wondering who is buying the gas, found this (there may be some brand new buyers in Europe):
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202207279489
Iran mainly exports gas to Turkey and Iraq, but its delivery has not always been reliable due to debt-payment issues with Baghdad, Iran’s own domestic consumption needs, and occasional technical problems which forced a momentary halt in exports to Turkey over the winter.
https://www.rt.com/business/439446-erdogan-turkey-iranian-gas/
Turkey gets 40 percent of its electricity from natural gas. It is dependent on imports for almost all of its energy needs and Iran is a key supplier of Ankara’s natural gas and oil purchases. According to Turkey’s Energy Minister Fatih Donmez, the country’s natural gas contract expires in 2026. Under the agreement, Ankara is set to buy 9.5 billion cubic meters of gas from Tehran.
Doctor Congo is a great screen name!
Another byproduct of the idiotic sanction war with Russia.
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