Iran wanted to create its own gas center on the Persian Gulf coast with the participation of Russia, Turkmenistan and Qatar. About this agency ISNA declaration Oil Minister Javad Ouji.
“With 33 trillion cubic meters of recoverable gas reserves, the Islamic Republic ranks second in the world in terms of reserves of this resource. “With the help of Russia, Turkmenistan and Qatar, we are working to turn the Persian Gulf and Asaluyeh into a gas base,” he said.
According to him, there are no big details about the project yet, as everything is in the preparation and planning stages.
At the beginning of June, economist, professor Seyfettin Erdogan declarationHe said that the project to create a “gas hub” in Turkey, proposed by the Russian authorities, could bring an additional income of 30-35 billion dollars to Ankara and that the country could extract its own oil thanks to this project. prestige in the global energy market.
Prior to that, Oudzhi said that the Russian Federation and Iran discussed the joint development of ten new oil and gas fields in the republic. According to him, several contracts have been signed between countries in the last two years, some deposits are already being developed by Russia.