EghtesadOnline: Tight natural gas supply and a rebound in electricity consumption have combined to push thermal coal prices to the highest in a decade and insufficient rainfall in China has contributed to the trend.

EghtesadOnline: Natural gas supply has increased by 75 million cubic meters a day since Nov 2019, dispatching director of the National Iranian Gas Company said.

EghtesadOnline: The sharp rise in household gas consumption due to the cold weather has resulted in cutting gas supply to other sectors, including cement factories and power plants. In the past week feedstock (natural gas) supply to some petrochemical plants was reduced or completely cut off.

EghtesadOnline: Following plans to sustain and stabilize natural gas supply to households in the winter season, the National Iranian Gas Company has cut gas delivery to cement factories across the country.

EghtesadOnline: The Sixth Iran Gas Trunkline (IGAT-6)–a major element of the national gas grid – is to be inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani soon, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company said on Wednesday.

EghtesadOnline: Gas supply to Yazd Province has been expedited and almost 90% of its small towns and villages are now connected to the national gas grid, managing director of the provincial gas company said.

EghtesadOnline: The National Iranian Gas Company supplied 1.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas to western Lorestan Province in the last fiscal (ended March 20), the company’s deputy for gas supply said.

EghtesadOnline: Three thousand rural areas have been connected to the gas grid since the begging of the current fiscal (ends in March), the managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company said.