This level of access is unprecedented in the world since based on the International Energy Agency (IEA) Energy Access Outlook even in the world\u2019s advanced countries the average access to natural gas through the pipeline is nearly 75 percent.
\nAccording to NIGC data, Iran is currently producing over 810 mcm of natural gas daily which is mostly used inside the country for the domestic sector and also as fuel for the power plants, and a small portion is also exported to the neighboring countries like Iraq and Turkey.
\nWith a total length of over 36,000 kilometers, Iran\u2019s gas network is also among the world\u2019s most modern networks and it enjoys the most modern and update measuring, transmission, and pressure boosting instruments and equipment.
\nThis vast network of pipelines is growing bigger and bigger every year as NIGC tries to increase the coverage of the national network to nearly 100 percent.
\nOver the past few years, every year more than 3,000 villages have been connected to the national gas network, based on NIGC data.
\nAccording to the NIGC Head Hassan Montazer Torbati, by the Iranian calendar year 1404 (starts in March 2025), the total length of the national network is expected to reach 45,000 km.
\nAlthough in many countries due to the outbreak of the coronavirus development projects came to a halt, in Iran the projects for supplying natural gas to the country\u2019s rural areas continued under restrict safety protocols along with many other development projects.
\nGholamreza Mashayekhi, the head of NIGC Dispatching Department, said on Saturday, September 5 that over 1,000 villages and 11 cities have been connected to the national gas network in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-July 21).
\nCurrently, about 30,000 villages with 4.6 million households as well as 1,148 cities with over 18 million households are connected to the national gas network in Iran.
\nGas is supplied to 97 percent of people in the urban areas and 82 percent of people in the rural regions, according to Torbati.
\nBack in May, the NIGC\u2019s former dispatching director said the transmission capacity of the national gas network has risen to one billion cubic meters per day (bcm\/d).
\nMehdi Jamshidi-Dana mentioned the inauguration of new platforms in the South Pars gas field (Iran\u2019s biggest gas field shared with Qatar in the Persian Gulf) and noted that with the increase of the national gas network\u2019s capacity the new production capacity from the South Pars platforms won\u2019t be idle.
\n\u201cThe country\u2019s [natural] gas production capacity is going to be increased to one billion cubic meters per day and now the national network is capable of transmitting this capacity,\u201d he said.
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