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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Infowarrior

Op die kaartjes is duidelijk te zien waar de US naar toe wil. De Iranezen mogen hun messen al slijpen.

En iedereen weet waarom...
Als men Olie- en vooral Gasreserves telt is Iran zelfs n° 1 in de wereld.
En dit zijn enkel de bewezen reserves.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/countries/cou...ta.cfm?fips=IR
IRAN : Country Analysis Brief ›
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•Iran, one of OPEC’s founding members, holds the world’s third-largest proven oil reserves and the world’s second-largest natural gas reserves.

•Iran is OPEC’s second-largest oil producer and the fourth-largest crude oil exporter in the world.

•In June 2009, the world’s largest gas-reinjection program began on Iran’s Agha-Jari oil field.

•Iran plans to increase refining capacity from 1.5 million bbl/d in 2009 to 3 million bbl/d by 2013

•Iran’s gasoline imports were approximately 130,000 bbl/d in 2009, down nearly 8 percent from 2008 levels.

•In 2008, Iran was the world’s fourth largest producer and third largest consumer of natural gas

•The South Pars Natural Gas offshore field is the most significant development project in the country’s energy sector.

•Electricity demand in Iran is projected to grow 7-9 percent.

alle details en cijfers:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips=IR
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South Pars Field


The most significant energy development project in Iran is the offshore South Pars field (called the North Field in Qatar), which is estimated to have 450 Tcf of natural gas reserves, or around 47 percent of Iran’s total natural gas reserves. Discovered in 1990, and located 62 miles offshore in the Persian Gulf, South Pars has a 25 phase development scheme spanning 20 years. The entire project is managed by Pars Oil & Gas Company, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company. Each phase has a combination of natural gas with condensate and/or natural gas liquids production. Phases 1-10 are online. The majority of South Pars natural gas development will be allocated to the domestic market for consumption and gas re-injection. The remainder will either be exported to South Asia or Europe, used for LNG production, and/or used for gas to liquids (GTL) projects.
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Pipelines

Developments in the Iranian Gas Trunkline (IGAT) pipeline series, all fed by South Pars development phases, are important to Iran’s natural gas transport. IGAT-7 (2011) will transport up to 3 Bcf/d of gas along southern Iran, between Assaluyeh and Iranshahr. IGAT-8 (2012) will run nearly 650 miles to Iran’s northern consumption centers, including Tehran. IGAT-9 is an estimated $8 billion pipeline proposed to run from Assaluyeh to the northwestern city of Bazargan. IGAT-9 is unique in that for the first time, Iran is offering a build-own-operate contract for construction of its pipelines.

The 745 mile Iran-Turkey pipeline, completed in 2001, can transport up to 1.4 Bcf/d of natural gas. The 87-mile long Iran-Armenia pipeline will transport 86 Mcf/d to Armenia in exchange for 3.3 billion kilowatt hours of electricity.

Iran’s participation in the Nabucco gas pipeline project remains unresolved. Plans call for a 2050 mile pipeline connecting Iran and other Caspian states to Austria and the EU through Turkey. Construction is slated to start in 2010, and the entire project will cost an estimated $12.2 billion with a capacity to transport 3 Bcf/d.

Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) Pipeline


A controversial pipeline proposal is the $7.4-billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) line which would transport Iranian natural gas south to the Asian subcontinent. With a proposed 1724 miles and a 5.4 Bcf/d capacity, the pipeline has been stalled in the past due in part to disputes over the cost of the shipments. Iran and Pakistan have finalized gas sales and purchase agreements, but without India’s participation in the negotiations. It is probable that Iran would extend its domestic IGAT-7 pipeline into Pakistan, avoiding the creation of a new, parallel pipeline.
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Op de onderste kaart is duidelijk te zien waarom de USA controle wil blijven hebben over Afghanistan... de pipelines naar Turkmenistan (Dauletabad):

http://www1.american.edu/ted/turkmen.htm
16. Economic Data

Oil Reserves: Turkmenistan contains 1.4 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, with crude production of about 93,000 barrels per day (b/d). In November 1993, Turkmenistan adopted a program which calls for increasing oil production to about 560,000 b/d by the year 2000. Joint ventures most likely will be a key component of this strategy.

Natural Gas Reserves: Turkmenistan is the second largest natural gas-producing country in the former Soviet Union. The country also ranks fourth worldwide -- after Russia, the United States and Iran -- with proven natural gas reserves totaling nearly 100 trillion cubic feet (Tcf). Estimates of Turkmenistan's total gas resource base range as high as 535 Tcf. The largest natural gas fields are in the Amu Darya basin, with half of the country's gas reserve located in the giant Dauletabad-Donmez field alone. In addition to Amu-Darya, Turkmenistan contains large gas reserves in the Murgab basin, particularly the giant Yashlar deposit, which contains an estimated 27 Tcf.