Iran resumes gas exports to Turkey

Spokesman of the National Iranian Gas Company Majid Bujarzadeh announced that the country will resume gas supplies to Turkey on Saturday after gas flow in the Iran-Turkey pipeline was temporarily halted by an explosion on Friday morning, according Iran''s Fars News Agency (FNA). "The maintenance of the Iran-Turkey gas exports pipeline is in its final stages and the flow of gas will be resumed in the pipeline by midday," Majid Bujarzadeh told media. The early Friday blast is said to have taken place near a village around the Northwestern town of Maku close to Iran''s border with Turkey. According to reports, Iran exports a daily average of more than 30 million cubic meters of natural gas to Turkey, which indicates a daily growth of eleven million cubic meters in 2010.