Iran, 18th natural gas exporter in the world in 2022: OPEC
Iran ranked 18th among the world’s exporters of natural gas in 2022, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said in its latest report, noting that natural gas producers exported 1.407 trillion cubic meters of this strategic product last year.
Iran’s natural gas exports in 2022 registered a two-percent decline compared to the same period last year, OPEC added, according to Tasnim news agency.
Iran exported 18.8 billion cubic meters of this product in 2022, while the country had exported over 18.4 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2021.
With the export of 195 billion cubic meters of gas, the United States was the largest exporter of natural gas in the world in 2022 due to the Ukraine war.
Before the start of the war in Ukraine, the Russian Federation was the largest exporter of natural gas in the world, but Moscow’s export of gas decreased 24 percent in 2022, reaching 184 billion cubic meters.