{"id":16369,"date":"2025-12-15T07:40:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=16369"},"modified":"2025-12-15T07:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:40:22","slug":"oil-ministry-expands-gas-transmission-infrastructure-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/16369\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Ministry expands gas transmission infrastructure nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\"><p><span class=\"pre-content-text\"><a style=\"color: #0038a8;\" href=\"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/\">RoydadNaft &#8211; <\/a><\/span>\u00a0The oil minister announced that the construction and commissioning of more than 1,000 kilometers of gas transmission pipelines have been targeted by the end of this year, saying that expanding the gas transmission network plays a vital role in strengthening the country\u2019s energy security and reliability, particularly during peak demand periods.<\/p>\n<div class=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mohsen Paknejad, referring to the Oil Ministry\u2019s measures to reinforce gas transmission infrastructure, said that through the efforts of employees in the oil industry\u2014especially the National Iranian Gas Company\u2014and by relying on the capabilities of contractors and the use of domestically manufactured equipment and goods, the construction and commissioning of more than 1,000 kilometers of gas transmission pipelines are planned to be completed by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He stressed that developing transmission infrastructure and enhancing the stability of the gas network are among the top priorities of the Oil Ministry under the 14th administration and are being pursued seriously within the ministry\u2019s executive programs.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The oil minister also pointed to the acceleration of development and completion of new gas transmission pipelines and compressor stations, noting that pipelines play a significant role in bolstering national energy security and that these measures will further strengthen domestic energy supply infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Paknejad said the Oil Ministry\u2019s actions to expand and upgrade gas transmission infrastructure include the commissioning of more than 300 kilometers of gas transmission pipelines in the country\u2019s western and southwestern corridor; the completion and operation of more than 170 kilometers of pipelines in northern provinces; increasing gas transmission capacity to Ardabil province; enhancing the stability of gas transmission lines in the northwest through the construction of more than 50 kilometers of the Chalvand\u2013Ardabil pipeline; and the completion and commissioning of 154 kilometers of gas transmission pipelines in the southern part of Sistan and Balouchestan province.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-date no-social-btn post-updated\">Updated on<time class=\"updated dt-updated\" itemprop=\"dateModified\" datetime=\"2025-12-15T07:40:22+00:00\"> 15 December 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s oil minister said the country plans to build and commission over 1,000 kilometers of gas pipelines by year\u2019s end to boost energy security and reliability during peak demand.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47,20,18,22,36,19],"tags":[],"services":[],"class_list":["post-16369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-gas","category-headline","category-iran","category-lastnews","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16369"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=16369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}