fx_68 writes:
"Despite holding the world's largest natural gas reserves, Iran's Energy Ministry has warned that the Islamic Republic is on course to become the world's largest importer of natural gas by 2025 unless it can rein in rampant domestic demand. Domestic consumption is surging as their gas network grows and more gas is needed to sustain output from aging oilfields."
(Score: 2) by Angry Jesus on Monday March 03 2014, @06:45PM
I think you are suffering from confirmation bias, there is no particular timing to this story because Iran's been saying that oil and gas isn't enough for them for at least a decade.
Here is one example from 2003. [nytimes.com]