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Page 1 of 13 Iran Last Updated: November 2011 Background Iran holds the world’s Iran, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), ranks among fourth-largest proven the world’s top four holders of both proven oil and natural gas reserves. In 2010, Iran was the oil reserves and the third-largest exporter of crude oil globally after Saudi Arabia and Russia. However, falling world’s second- production and increases in domestic consumption will continue to squeeze the volumes of oil largest natural gas available for export in recent years. reserves. International Iran has the world’s second largest natural gas reserves but the sector is under-developed and sanctions and used mostly to meet domestic demand. Natural gas accounts for 54 percent of Iran’s total unfavorable domestic energy consumption. Most of the remainder of energy consumption is attributable to oil, investment terms, with marginal contributions from coal and hydropower. Iran is expected to increase natural gas however, have production from its offshore South Pars natural gas field in the Persian Gulf, an integral impeded component of energy sector expansion plans. developments across the energy sector. International sanctions enacted in the summer of 2010 have slowed progress across the energy sector, especially affecting upstream investment in both oil and natural gas projects. T