Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company CEO Reza Noushadi told Shana News Agency on Sunday, Oct. 23, that Iran will supply Russia with 40 domestically-produced gas turbines.
Russia and Iran hold some of the world’s largest gas reserves and are both under strict U.S. sanctions. Both countries have stressed the importance of enhancing bilateral cooperation.
In late September, the Iranian oil ministry announced its own plans to purchase nine million cubic meters of gas per day from Russia via Azerbaijan for its needs, with an additional six million cubic meters of gas per day as part of its agreement that would see the gas exported onward to other nations from Iranian liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals.
The announcement was made as Tehran revealed details of a deal struck in July between the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and Russian majority state-owned multinational energy corporation Gazprom, which involved cooperation in the field of oil and gas infrastructure development, including the construction of LNG terminals and gas pipelines. Iranian media reported that the agreement is worth $40 billion.
According to Noushadi, Iran’s “industrial successes are not limited to the fields of missiles and drones.” He said the country is currently capable of independently producing 85 percent of the necessary equipment in the gas industry, which allowed it to sign the contract with Moscow. Details of the latest deal were not revealed.
This development came as the sanctions imposed by the West hit industry ties between Russia and its equipment suppliers.
Russia and Iran are not limiting their alliance through natural gas alone. Putin visited Tehran in July, meeting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who also called for stronger, long-term cooperation with Moscow.
Kazem Jalali, Iran’s ambassador to Russia, also said the Islamic Republic is planning to increase imports of Russian grain and become the biggest importer of this product. “Last year, I believe, we were in second place in our purchases from Russia. Next year we will, I think, be number one,” he said.
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