Opportunity of natural gas resources for countries to reduce carbon emission, a case study of Iran’s South Pars Zone

The intentional agreements against the climate change recommend the countries to utilize natural gas instead of other fossil fuels in order to reduce carbon emission and this is a good opportunity for the countries with large resources of natural gas to develop the industries in relation to natural gas products. Regarding the existence of the largest gas field in the vicinity of the Iran’s South Pars Zone (SPZ), large gas refineries and ethane-based petrochemical complexes have been established in this region. In this paper, the appropriate strategies comprised of optimizing the energy consumption, recycling of waste plastics to manufacture second grade plastic by the aid of petrochemical facilities, conversion of the fuel system in the vehicles and investment on the renewable energies were investigated. Regarding the high demand for natural gas in the world, development of the industries, related to natural gas such as construction of LNG (liquefied natural gas) plants can increase the incomes by export and also aid the other countries to contribute in the carbon reduction plans.