Iran's energy security in serious danger
The latest statistics released by National Iran Gas Company indicates the huge increase in gas consumption in Iran's housing sector led to cuts in gas supply to other sectors last winter. This brings up the question of how Iran can evade the repetition of a gas shortage next winter? Review of Iran's gas consumption history Iran's energy consumption level increased significantly during the last three decades, from 500,000 barrels of crude oil equivalent per day in 1980 to about 4.5 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in March 2014. Among energy carries, the share of gas increased at a more accelerated rate, from about 9.7 million cubic meters per day (mcmpd) in 1980 to above 415.4 mcmpd in the beginning of 2013, but last year's gas consumption experienced a huge increase as well. Below is Iran's fossil energy carriers consumption according to the data derived from National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) annual reports. (