TEHRAN (Iran News) – Gas injection into the nationwide pipeline by an Iranian company grew 18 percent year-on-year during the first month of the current Iranian year (March 20-April 19, 2020), despite the coronavirus spread in Iran, said the firm’s CEO.
Rouhollah Nourian, the managing director of Ilam Gas Treating Company (IGTC), added that since the beginning of the current year (March 20) – designated as the ‘Year of Surge in Domestic Production’ by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the company’s staff have made considerable efforts to boost output and guarantee the sustainability of their production, Shana reported.
He noted that this increase in gas injection into the national pipeline had been done despite the difficulties caused by the spread of the coronavirus in Iran.
During this period, rich gas supply to the company witnessed an increase of close to 20 percent year-on-year, Nourian said, adding the firm’s molten sulfur output also grew 25 percent compared to the figure for the same period last year.
He stressed that IGTC has drawn up plans to further diversify its products and increase its total output in the current year, saying that during the 30-day period the company’s production of sulfur pastilles rose 15 percent, year-on-year.
Causing a respiratory disease known as COVID-19, the coronavirus first erupted in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year before growing into a global pandemic. The outbreak of the virus in Iran began in late February.
- source : Iran Daily, Irannews
