The managing director of the Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company broke the news on Tuesday, adding that the government has plans to push the industrial and economic development of the coastal regions of southern Iran, Shana reported.
Reza Noshadi noted that huge gas projects in line with Makran Coastal Development Document have been implemented for the cities of Chabahar, Konarak, Jask, Sirik, Kouhmubarak and Minab in the provinces of Sistan and Baluchistan and Hormuzgan.
He announced that preparing the necessary infrastructure for the export of gas to Oman is one of the main goals of the construction of the “Minab-Sirik-Kouhmobarak gas pipeline Gas Pipeline” project.
“The first section of the project is the 42-inch Minab-Sirik pipeline with a length of 120 kilometers, which will be launched in the near future, and the industries of the eastern province of Hormuzgan will benefit from gas,” the official said.