Iran acknowledges Bemsawye rise in domestic consumption of energy

An Iranian official announced large in the affairs of oil today, Sunday, in press statements reported that the rise in domestic consumption of energy in Iran in addition to the financial pressures associated with international nuclear file harm oil industry.
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He said the Iranian delegate to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Hussein Kazem Port Ardbili in Mkaph with Chehrond magazine, "The energy consumption is very high and very low yield. There was no provision in the energy. Customs and consumer addition to the large reduction in the prices of Sales harmful. "

He explained that all this "based on the statistics can be objectionable." He said: "The government is responsible to provide answers."

States that Iran is the second producer of oil in OPEC produces more than four million barrels of oil a day, they emit 42 million barrels only.

It was former Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Hmanh ministers who resigned in August, had confirmed that the oil industry will face a "crisis" if the domestic consumption without censorship.

Iran decided to legalize the consumption of gasoline. But binding continuously importing about 30 million liters a day of this article for internal consumption approached before the summer of 80 million liters.

Experts see that the lack of foreign investments to modernize power plants may lead to significant problems to maintain oil production in the country.

In contrast Ardbili denied that the energy sector has been affected by international financial pressures.

He said: "They (Westerners) that Iran is not only important and penalties to yield results, and if they go a few years, Iran will be paralyzed ... but we do not have any problem because we know their intentions."

European banks have reduced financial relations with Iran are widely according to the procedures established by the United States, which led to the obstruction of Tehran's efforts to finance energy projects.

Ardbili added, "What I can say is that the government do what they can to use their (financial) despite international restrictions."

He pointed out that the government was trying to compensate for these problems a long-term development programs and 200 new project in the areas of oil and energy will be completed 2012.