Iran Plans Critical Gas Hub In Bid For Global Gas Supremacy

As a core element of the Russo-Iranian strategy to corner as much of the global gas market as possible in as short a time as they can, Iran’s Petroleum Minister, Javad Owji, last week identified Kish Island in Hormuzgan Province as being a critical gas hub in these plans. Kish Island is positioned off the south-west coast of Iran with an easy transit route past the northernmost tip of Oman – which abuts east of the UAE’s Ras Al-Khaimah – into the Gulf of Oman. From there, the Arabian Sea stretches out to the Indian Ocean,…