{"id":18857,"date":"2026-09-28T04:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T04:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=18857"},"modified":"2026-09-28T04:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T04:35:17","slug":"golestan-province-in-iran-goes-on-energy-alert-fuel-storage-and-talks-on-turkmen-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/18857\/","title":{"rendered":"Golestan Province in Iran Goes on Energy Alert: Fuel Storage and Talks on Turkmen Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"

RoydadNaft – <\/a><\/span>\u00a0Golestan has spent months tightening coordination among agencies, securing and storing substitute fuel, and writing contingency plans so that gas and power limits hit household supply, critical sites, and factories less hard in the cold season.<\/p>\n

According to Roydad Naft, energy imbalance and damage to vital infrastructure in the U.S.-Israeli attack have made stable supply a central concern. Golestan is preparing for the second half of the year by raising interagency readiness, planning for several scenarios, and pursuing fuel supply and storage \u2014 aiming to keep daily life and production going and get through winter at lower cost.<\/p>\n

The province needs stable energy infrastructure for development, jobs, and its industrial, farm, and transit potential. Damage to national energy facilities in the war has made advance planning more urgent this year.<\/p>\n

The government and Golestan\u2019s managers did not wait for peak-demand days. For months they have held interagency meetings on fuel supply, preparing sensitive customers, backup fuel, and demand management. The approach is prevention and readiness, not only reaction to a crisis.<\/p>\n

Golestan Gas Company and the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company\u2019s Golestan region, together with Agricultural Jihad, industry authorities, the medical university, county governments, and industrial groups, have planned for pressure drops or possible energy limits. Steps include second-fuel supply for sensitive units, higher LPG and kerosene stocks, bakery readiness, stronger hospital reserves, and preparedness drills.<\/p>\n

Provincial officials are also pursuing regional options. Importing gas from Turkmenistan is on the agenda of national and provincial authorities.<\/p>\n

At Sunday\u2019s session of Golestan\u2019s administrative council, energy-imbalance management and agency readiness for the second half of the year were a special focus. Officials stressed interagency coordination, substitute fuel, and multiple scenarios to protect daily life and factory operations.<\/p>\n

Latest on Turkmen gas imports<\/p>\n

Abolfazl Nersi, chief executive of Golestan Gas Company, said the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran\u2019s gas and petrochemical plants cut production by about 30%. Part of that output is back; part cannot return this year, leaving some provinces in a special position this winter.<\/p>\n

Eleven provinces are expected to face gas-pressure crises this year, three of them more severe. Golestan is one of those three, he said.<\/p>\n

Preventive planning covers scenarios of gas cuts from 30% to 70%, with staff and equipment assigned accordingly.<\/p>\n

Second-fuel arrangements were planned with the relevant agencies. Fuel-use optimization has been stressed since the start of the Iranian year (March 21, 2026), and meetings with Agricultural Jihad and the standards office have pushed industry to obtain standards certificates.<\/p>\n

Investors have been introduced for Turkmen gas imports, Nersi said. The National Iranian Gas Company is following the file and reports acceptable progress, though financial and bank-account problems remain. He said he hoped investors could resolve those issues.<\/p>\n

NIOPDC Golestan\u2019s winter-fuel readiness<\/p>\n

Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, manager of NIOPDC\u2019s Golestan region, said LPG stocks, fuel for the Aliabad power plant, the cement plant, and a large share of medical centers have been filled.<\/p>\n

A main step has been second fuel for bakeries. Provincial council and market-regulation meetings with county governors covered bakery storage capacity, dual-fuel equipment, and repeated drills.<\/p>\n

Four thousand LPG cylinders were supplied and distributed to bakeries at the subsidized price. After meetings with the medical university, tanks at 85% of hospitals are now full.<\/p>\n

Two scenarios are ready and in operation. Pessimistic cases were also written for provincial LPG stocks if conditions turn critical.<\/p>\n

Households account for 62% of consumption and agriculture 13%, he said. On the governor\u2019s order, besides bakery second fuel, planning covers fuel for 1,000 poultry farms and 497 greenhouses.<\/p>\n

Industry fuel, with food, drugs, and hygiene first<\/p>\n

Farhad Zare, director-general of industry, mine, and trade in Golestan, said coordination with NIOPDC and the provincial industrial-estates company produced a priority list under the relevant directive.<\/p>\n

Food, pharmaceutical, and hygiene plants were put first, and notice went out. On the governor\u2019s order, the industrial-estates company followed up in person and collected fuel-need forms from plants.<\/p>\n

Units outside industrial estates were also surveyed. Need was estimated from last year\u2019s peak use through November 2026: about 25 million liters of gas oil and 10 million liters of kerosene.<\/p>\n

A bakery database lists 2,691 bakeries: 2,441 dual-fuel on diesel, 450 dual-fuel on cylinders, and 786 on electricity.<\/p>\n

County drills are under way. Bakeries are expected to need about 6 million liters of gas oil. Meetings with the household-appliance guild at county and provincial level asked shops to stock heating equipment suited to the coming conditions.<\/p>\n

Flour quota cut for bakeries without second fuel<\/p>\n

Abdolali Kianmehr, Golestan\u2019s deputy governor for economic affairs, said fuel supply is the province\u2019s main concern in the second half of the year. Arrangements are being pursued so bakeries, poultry farms, and greenhouses are not left short.<\/p>\n

There is no worry about an initial fuel shock at those units, he said, but if gas or power cuts last, further measures will be needed.<\/p>\n

The flour-and-bread working group ordered visits in every city. Some bakeries baked on second fuel with no change in bread quality.<\/p>\n

One hundred fuel tankers have been assigned to move bakery fuel. All cities will be visited by next week.<\/p>\n

Any bakery that cannot equip itself with second fuel will lose its flour quota, which will go to the nearest bakery so the public is not short of bread, Kianmehr said.<\/p>\n

Staple goods and feed are not in short supply; stocks exceed provincial need and production continues. Traders are importing feed and goods, and the province is ready to work with merchants who want to enter that trade.<\/p>\n

The real concern is rising prices, not shortages. Inspections have been tightened.<\/p>\n

Chicken exports are continuing. Golestan poultry farmers are unhappy with low prices; he said he hoped prices would find a balance between consumers and producers so output can continue.<\/p>\n

National follow-up on Golestan\u2019s gas gap<\/p>\n

Seyyed Mehdi Mohayayi, deputy governor for civil affairs, said the U.S. and Israeli attack cost Iran about 30% to 35% of its gas capacity. Over the past seven months the government has brought about half of that back, and the rest is hoped to return before the cold season.<\/p>\n

Energy-management meetings at national level, led by the Interior Ministry and including the governors of the three northern provinces, are held almost weekly, with deputy ministers present, so provincial problems can be pursued nationally.<\/p>\n

Golestan introduced three private investors to the Oil Ministry for gas supply. NIGC has approved one; the other two are still being processed. Remaining need is to be covered by buying gas from neighboring countries.<\/p>\n

In the past 10 days the Golestan governor met the foreign minister at the Foreign Ministry and the oil minister at the Oil Ministry on the province\u2019s energy imbalance.<\/p>\n

Scenarios for a winter gas shortfall estimate the province\u2019s need for gas oil, kerosene, and electricity under different cases.<\/p>\n

LPG cylinders are one backup, but Golestan has more than 700,000 households and only about 14,000 cylinders \u2014 far short of need. The industry department has met the private sector to cover part of that gap.<\/p>\n

Demand management is another pillar. NIGC has said a one-degree drop in indoor temperature can save 25 million cubic meters of gas.<\/p>\n

18.2 trillion tomans allocated for this year<\/p>\n

The 1404 fiscal year ended on September 22, 2026. About 8.1 trillion tomans was assigned to the province from provincial sources and national allocations and placed in the provincial treasury.<\/p>\n

Almost 100% of that was absorbed, except at one or two agencies. Returned leftover funds can be used until October 2, 2026.<\/p>\n

The province has 77 unfinished projects. About 25 trillion tomans has already been spent on them; 124 trillion more is needed to finish them.<\/p>\n

If inflation stays flat and annual allocations stay at the current level, completion would take more than 10 years. Other methods such as asset generation and private-sector partnership will be needed.<\/p>\n

Despite the problems, 18.2 trillion tomans has been allocated to the province for 1405 (2026\u201327) from Table 10, provincial and national funds, and the budget-law annex, covering 48 projects. If the money is released, those projects can move ahead and come into service.<\/p>\n

Agriculture units put on notice<\/p>\n

Ebrahim Hezarjeribi, head of Golestan Agricultural Jihad, said sensitive farm units have been formally notified to prepare for possible gas limits and substitute fuel. Poultry farms, greenhouses, processing plants, and food factories were briefed.<\/p>\n

Data are being collected so each unit\u2019s consumption and fuel need can be sent to the deputy governor for economic affairs and NIOPDC Golestan. A first estimate is that if gas is cut to all of them, they would need about 100 million liters of substitute fuel.<\/p>\n

A scenario for managing gas limits at plants is being written, including when and how limits would be applied to minimize damage to output. For greenhouses, production stage and harvest timing are being reviewed so a new production cycle is not started if fuel cannot be supplied.<\/p>\n

A meeting with poultry farmers explained fuel supply and emergency management and gave unions and cooperatives direct contact channels.<\/p>\n

High cost of tanks and storage gear is a challenge. Some units have started new tanks; existing tanks are gradually being filled with diesel.<\/p>\n

Human-resources deputy: prevent, don\u2019t be surprised<\/p>\n

Mojtaba Jamali, deputy governor for human-resources development, said that with winter ahead and possible energy shortfalls, agencies must be ready so problems do not come as a surprise.<\/p>\n

Social calm, social capital, and national cohesion matter in the present conditions, which are not normal. Harmony among executive agencies must increase, he said.<\/p>\n

People do not expect miracles from managers; they are realistic and fair and expect officials to do their jobs and stand with the public.<\/p>\n

Working hours have been issued to agencies and are binding. Any change must be requested, reviewed, coordinated, and approved. Changing hours outside that process is against the rules.<\/p>\n

Agencies with projects eligible for public-private partnership were told to pursue them and report results for national follow-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golestan has spent months tightening coordination among agencies, securing and storing substitute fuel, and writing contingency plans so that gas and power limits hit household supply, critical sites, and factories less hard in the cold season.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,20,22,36,19,35],"tags":[],"services":[],"class_list":["post-18857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-gas","category-iran","category-lastnews","category-news","category-topnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18857","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=18857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18859,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18857\/revisions\/18859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18857"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=18857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}