Sanctions-hit Iran turns to local firms to boost vital gas production

Dalga Khatinoglu
Dalga Khatinoglu

Oil, gas and Iran economic analyst

A gas production platform in South Pars in 2018.
A gas production platform in South Pars in 2018.

With foreign companies absent, Iran has signed a contract with domestic firms to implement pressure-boosting measures at South Pars, the world's largest gas field, which supplies 70% of the country's gas.