EghtesadOnline: Gas consumption hit 657.8 million cubic meters on Saturday, slightly higher than on previous days, as households used more fuel because of the onset of cold weather.

EghtesadOnline: Gas consumption hit 657.8 million cubic meters on Saturday, slightly higher than on previous days, as households used more fuel because of the onset of cold weather.

EghtesadOnline: Close to 178 billion cubic meters of natural gas were consumed in the nine months that roughly coincides with March and December, 6.6% higher compared with the same period of the previous year.

EghtesadOnline: 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.

EghtesadOnline: Iran is burning off record amounts of natural gas, which is way higher than the global average, the deputy for gas distribution at the National Iranian Gas Company said.