Oil and gas boom to drive Iranian desal projects
- From: Vol 6, Issue 7 (July 2005)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country:
- Related Companies: Moshanir
The development of oil, gas and other industrial projects along Iran’s Persian Gulf coast will create the demand for 875,000m<sup>3</sup>/d of desalinated water in the next 10 years. The figure rises to nearly one million m<sup>3</sup>/d if demand from agriculture is taken into account.
Iran’s booming oil and gas sector will need 355,000m3/d of water in the next five to ten years while other industries such as steel manufacturing and aluminium production will require 520,000m3/d. The demand is likely to be met by seawater and brackish water desalination according to presentations at the German Desalination Society Congress ...
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