EghtesadOnline: Natural gas consumption in Iran's household sector hit 550 million cubic meters on Monday, as cold weather continued to sweep across many regions, the spokesman of National Iranian Gas Company said.

EghtesadOnline: Iran is squeezing record volumes of gas from two offshore phases of the giant South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf, as falling temperatures in the next few weeks are expected to drive domestic consumption of the fuel.

EghtesadOnline: With cold weather and rainfall descending on many regions of Iran, the residential sector is expected to drive demand for natural gas as consumers burn more fuel for heating homes.