INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
registering a nine percent growth year on year, IRNA reported.As reported, in its 72nd edition of the Statistical Review of World Energy,
the UK-based institute noted that Iranian gas export accounted for 2.5 percent of the world's total natural gas trade through the pipeline
last year.The Islamic Republic exported 17.3 bcm of natural gas in 2021, according to the entity.The total global trade of natural gas
through pipelines in 2022 was 718 bcm, which indicates a growth of two percent compared to the previous year
In 2021, about 704 bcm of natural gas was exported through pipelines across the globe.The increase in Iranian gas export during 2022 was
more than four times the average growth of the global trade of the product, said the report.Of Iran's total export of 18.9 bcm in the
natural gas production has increased 2.5 times more than the global average over the past 10 years.According to the EI report, natural gas
production in Iran has been on an upward trend since 2011, and the U.S
sanctions have not been able to stop or reverse the growth of gas production in Iran
Between 2012 and 2022, natural gas production in Iran has grown by an average of 5.2 percent annually, which is more than 2.5 times the
