Volume 29, Issue 3 (2014)                   GeoRes 2014, 29(3): 105-128 | Back to browse issues page
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1- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
2- Tehran University
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The request for natural gas attention to its adaption with environment and less pollution than the other fossil fuels has the highest growth in last decades. In result this energy has high geopolitical importance. Iran with has about 2.18 percent of total world reserves، the largest in the world. But couldn''t played important role in the natural gas geopolitics and even it hasn''t in between 10 exporter countries of natural gas، because gas consumption in Iran as much as is irregular that increase of natural gas production measure. Iran with 2.162 billion cubic of natural gas consumption is third-largest the gas consumer in the world. Thus need of reforming the consumption pattern is obligatory. Major question of this article is: can reforming of the consumption pattern، enhance the rank of Iran in natural gas geopolitics? The result of research indicate that the reforming of consumption pattern of the natural gas besides prevent of gas irregular consumption also economic development، state security and power increase، prevent of gas import، gain of global gas markets and more important of the whole enhance the rank of Iran in natural gas geopolitics
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