According to a National Iranian Gas Company public relations report, Mr Gharibi said that 2,700 km of high pressure gas pipeline and 19 new gas compressors would be constructed over the period.

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He also went on to list a number of other projects the company has decided to implement over the next two years, including construction of a 540 km Trans-Iranian gas pipeline from Iranshahr to Zahedan and another to the Pakistan border, a 600 km gas pipeline from the Dehgolan region to Ahmaz, and a 90 km, 30 inch diameter gas pipeline to Chabahar in the southeast.