In an interview with ISNA, referring to the 8 percent growth of the country's economy this spring and the impact of the oil and gas industry on that growth, Mohammad Khatibi said: One of the The government's most important successes was the growth of oil exports. during this time, it witnessed the development of exports and we increased oil production, until production was close to pre-sanctions values and it could be declared that the sanctions had become ineffective .
Stating that in addition to this, non-oil exports have also increased in Iran, he said: Exports are one of the most important factors of economic growth, the more the amount of exports increases, the more development we will see economic and growth in Iran. the country, according to forecasts, and this growth will continue.
According to Iran's former OPEC representative, focusing on new marketing and creating new market demand by relying on activating depreciated capacity of refineries in different parts of the world like the Africa and South America, as well as moving towards the diversification of export sources through new marketing in In the area of mini-refineries in East Asia, the positive policy of the government has been in this area, he said: If we were limited to traditional markets, we would not have been able to create such events.
He said that some initiatives have been taken and that in refineries whose activity is low or not active at all, the Ministry of Oil has intervened and with the measures taken it has been able to cause good events, until that many requests are made. on this issue, he said: the policy of marketization instead of marketing could have ended well, of course, the diplomacy that existed also helped in this area, the diplomacy oriented towards the East made us conclude many contracts with China, and the same thing happened. in favor of Iran.
He added: "Focusing on natural gas trade, in addition to continuing gas cooperation with northern countries, also played a role in resolving this problem, and the government was able to make arrangements in oil industry, which resulted in the achievement of economic growth in the country.
Iran's former representative to OPEC, referring to the development of oil and gas extraction capacity in the country, said: Iran, by directly investing in the development of gas fields and also determining the contractual task of reducing gas waste in pipelines and also preventing wastage of flare gas, in The field of gas export development also took very good steps and was able to increase its exports of gas to Turkey and Iraq, two customers who need Iranian gas, by more than 50% compared to the time the 13th government took office.
According to Khatibi, the 13th government, following the development of South Pars Phase 11 and increasing Iran's gas production capacity by 6 billion cubic meters per year, can increase its current exports by 35%.
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