Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
Abstract
In order to understand the feasibility and economic viability of Iranian gas export projects, the neighboring exporters and their policies and strategies need to be taken into account. These are Russia, Iran, Qatar, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia and the United States. While Iran understands its own tremendous resource potential and sees itself as a major emerging natural gas power, While Iran understands its own tremendous resource potential and sees itself as a major emerging natural gas power its market integration could be hampered by vested interests from incumbent market suppliers and their main political,While Iran understands its own tremendous resource potential and sees itself as a major emerging natural gas power economic and geopolitical stakeholders. Assuming that Iran overcomes its various internal problems and could realize its vast natural gas potential without limitations and constraints, it still faces competition from other suppliers. Iran’s main competitors in the regional gas market would be Russia, Qatar, Turkmenistan and the US.
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MLA
Afshin Karami. "The geopolitical competition of the governments of Iran, Qatar, Russia and Turkmenistan to access the global energy marke". State Studies of Contemporary Iran, 9, 3, 2023, 121-144.
HARVARD
Karami, A. (2023). 'The geopolitical competition of the governments of Iran, Qatar, Russia and Turkmenistan to access the global energy marke', State Studies of Contemporary Iran, 9(3), pp. 121-144.
VANCOUVER
Karami, A. The geopolitical competition of the governments of Iran, Qatar, Russia and Turkmenistan to access the global energy marke. State Studies of Contemporary Iran, 2023; 9(3): 121-144.
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