Natural Gas Supply Inverse and Strategic Priorities Model of Natural Gas Allocation to Various Sectors

The rapid development of gas distribution in Iran causes considerable dependence of consuming sectors on Natural Gas production .The share of South Pars Gas Field from the entire gas production in the end of sixth Five-Year Iranian Economic Plan will be over 62%. The pressure of reservoir gradually reduces and subsequently the volume of gas production declines in the production period due to the natural technical condition of South Pars reservoir. Installation of gas compressor platform is necessary in order to delay the reduction of the production. In spite of installation of these platforms,unofficial announcements indicate that production from South Pars field will decrease significantly in the twenty–year prospect and supply of new gas fields cannot compensate this reduction. Hence, in order to prevent gas shortage crisis in the coming years, it is required to predict some strategic actions and prioritize the supply of gas for new demand sectors. The "AHP" model has been applied to determine the priorities for this purpose. The relevant calculations have been carried out for solving the model by selecting a total of 8 options and 6 criteria by using the Expert Choice Software. The priorities of this study for each option are as follows respectively: Injection into Oil Reservoirs, Gas supply to Power Plants, Export, Feedstock for Petrochemical Units, Gas supply to Industries, Gas supply to Residential& Commercial , Transportation