TEHRAN – Iran’s oil ministry on Sunday urged people to wear warm clothes to reduce a surging demand for gas, as people turn up their heaters to cope with bitterly cold winter temperatures.
“Gas consumption can be managed by wearing warm clothes and turning off heating appliances when leaving home and work,” Oil Minister Javad Owji said Sunday. Owji said that in past 24 hours, the use of 692 million cubic meters of gas had been registered in “domestic, commercial and non-major industry sectors”.