Tehran, YJC. Tehran and Ankara have made agreements for the transit of natural gas to Europe.
Mehr News Agency reports that following the change of market
which comes on one hand by countries trying to reduce their independence on
Russian gas and on the other the reduction in gas production by some European
countries such as the Netherlands, Norway, and Germany, some European countries
have held private negotiations to buy gas from Iran.
Following negotiations in the past two years with Turkey to
launch a gas transit system to Europe, final measures are being taken to
transfer gas from Iran via the Turkish land to European countries, Javad Oji
said.
Deputy Oil Minister also provided comments on the volume of
gas transferred as "For now negotiations have been made on 2 billion m3
gas to be transferred to Turkey annually.”
In answer to a question whether Iran would have enough gas
to export to Europe and Iraq, Oji said "Keeping in mind the NOC’s plan to tap
into new South Pars phases in the current year, we will have extra gas for
export and transit.”