Iran to produce more gas from Qatari-shared field
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani. AP FILE PHOTO
TEHRAN, Iran—Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says his country intends to increase production from a giant gas field shared with neighboring Qatar.
The Sunday report by state television quotes Rouhani as saying Iran that intends to match Qatar’s production by 2017.
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Rouhani said Iran will use the additional production from the South Pars field—known as North Dome in Qatar—to “develop” Iran.
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Iran’s media says Qatar’s current gas production from the field is about one-and-a-half times that of Iran’s.
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