Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company (IOEC) will build a pipeline for exporting natural gas from Iran to Oman, a report said.

The Iranian builder is carrying out the basic engineering studies on the pipeline, added the Oman Observer report, which cited Iran’s Tasnim News Agency.

Iran and Oman signed an agreement in 2013 according to which Tehran will supply Oman 28 million cu m of natural gas daily for 15 years, the report added.

Iran’s total gas exports to foreign countries had reached more than 9.6 billion cu m (bcm) in 2014, according to the 64th edition of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy.

Iran has been classified as the world’s top gas reserves holder with 33.8 trillion cu m, according to a recent statistical review.

Discussions are going on to finalise the route for the proposed 230-km gas pipeline project with Iran and the following phases will include the design of the pipeline, the report quoted a senior government official as saying.