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Th double paradox of the Iranian energy sector
Description
After Saudi Arabia, Iran is the second largest oil producer of the OPEC countries and the fourth largest oil exporter in the World. Moreover, Iran has the second largest natural gas reserve after Russia. Partly due to a lack of refining capacity and a strongly increasing domestic consumption, Teheran needs to import 40 percent of its oil products. Nuclear energy could improve the situation but adds to the problems because the government is unwilling to be open about uranium enrichment. This article examines how this situation came about.
Abstract (Dutch)
Na Saoedi-Arabie is Iran de tweede olieproducent van de OPEC-landen en de vierde grootste olie-exporteur ter wereld. Iran heeft verder, na Rusland, de grootse aardgasreserve. Onder meer door te weinig raffinagecapaciteit en een sterk stijgende binnenlandse consumptie moet Teheran echter veertig procent van zijn olieproducten invoeren. Kernenergie, dat de situatie kan verbeteren, levert een bijdrage aan de problemen, omdat de regering geen opening van zaken wil geven over de uraniumverrijking. Dit artikel onderzoekt hoe deze situatie kon ontstaan.Availability note (English)
Also available from Clingendael International Energy Programme CIEP, Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael, P.O. Box 93080, 2509 AB The Hague (NL)
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Dutch)
- De dubbele paradox van de Iraanse energiesector
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 6 p.
- Report number
- CIEP--2010-1000
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 42083468
- Subject category
- S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- EXPORTS; IMPORTS; IRAN; NATURAL GAS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PETROLEUM; POLITICAL ASPECTS; RESERVES; SANCTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL GAS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASES; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; MIDDLE EAST; RESOURCES; TRADE
Optional Information
- Notes
- Published in Atlantisch Perspectief 34(6), October 2010, p. 20-25