Iran 6-month gas condensate exports up 85%

Iran’s exports of natural gas condensates have increased tremendously year on year.

Iran exported USD 6.514 billion worth of natural gas condensates in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2014), registering an 85-percent rise.

Some USD 1.8 billion of liquefied propane, USD 817 million of methanol and USD 730 million liquefied butane were exported during the six-month period.

The gas condensate exports amounted to 9.223 million tons during the period.

Iran also exported 8.553 million tons of petrochemical products, valued at USD 6.721 billion, marking a 22-percent rise in value.

The goods were mainly exported to China, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan and India.