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Capacity of transmission and over - distribution substations - megawatts - 2016-2020
This data is taken from Table 2 of the Journal of the Provincial Economic, Social, and Cultural Status.
Practical capacity of thermal power plants - megawatts - 2016-2020
This data is taken from Table 1 of the Journal of the Provincial Economic, Social, and Cultural Status.
Iran Gas Export to Its Neighbors: Another Lost Court Case and A Lost Opportunity
The Islamic Republic has long had the ambition of exporting gas to Europe via Turkey. During Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presidency (2005-2013), when the relations with the West soured, Iran lost its opportunity of exporting natural gas to European countries, instead, other countries such as Russia, Qatar
Iran’s Failure to Export Natural Gas
As the site of the discovery of crude oil in the Middle East, Iran has had a long track record of petroleum production. It is easy to forget nowadays, but the first oilfield in the region was discovered in 1908 in Masjed Soleyman, located in Iran’s southern province of Khuzestan. Currently, Iran has
After Nearly Half A Century, Iran’s Gas Investment in the UK Pays Huge Dividends
In the aftermath of the oil shock of 1973, Iran's oil revenue suddenly quadrupled to nearly $20 billion a year (equivalent to $130 billion in today’s money). Flushed with new petro-dollars, Iran’s then-leader, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, immediately went on a spending spree to build Iran's economic,
Iran's Passengers of Light: All Government Bodies at the Service of a “Grassroot and Spontaneous” Movement
The Islamic Republic has long sent thousands of people to visit the battlefields of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88) in southwestern Iran. These pilgrims, more commonly known as Rahian-e Noor in Persian (the passengers of light), were at the outset part of an ostensibly “grassroot and spontaneous" moveme
Surveying Iran’s 2021 Widespread Electricity Blackouts
In a new IOD survey, a third of Iranian participants have stated that they had experienced power outages in the fall of 2021 when Iran faced sweeping blackouts. The average blackout for the respondents was three hours a day; the data also suggests that 96% of the participants had access to the urban
Iran's Caspian Sea Oil and Gas Performance: Zero Production Despite Real or Imagined Gigantic Discoveries
The Caspian Sea has significant hydrocarbon resources. All Caspian littoral states, namely Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Azerbaijan except Iran have been making billions of dollars by producing the hydrocarbon resources of the Caspian Sea. In 1998, Iran founded Khazar Explora
Oil production and gas flaring in Nigeria between 2008 and 2015
This data is taken from the table 6 on page 22 of "The experience of selected countries in gas flaring: Lessons for Iran"
Oil production and gas flaring in Russia between 2008 and 2015
This data is taken from the table 2 on page 6 of "The experience of selected countries in gas flaring: Lessons for Iran"
Top 15 gas flaring countries from 2008 to 2015
This data is taken from the table on page 3 of "The experience of selected countries in gas flaring: Lessons for Iran"
Iran: Another Day Another Cyber Attack
Cyber attacks are fairly common these days, it happens to international banks and most governmental organisations. However, the Iranian government seems to attract a higher share of cyber attacks than most other countries.The recent cyberattack on Iran’s fuel distribution system caused a lot of pain