The Public Relations Department of Pars Oil and Gas Company announced that Mohr and Lamerd cities in Fars province and Parsian city in Hormuzgan province will be developed considerably in the near future due to their geographical relation to South Pars region.

When the highway to Pars Special Economic Energy Zone is finished, the time needed to travel from one point to another will be shortened from 95 to 24 km.

The highway will be constructed according to EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) scheme in two 14-km and 10-km pieces over one year and is to cost Pars Oil and Gas Company, 868 billion rials.

The first part of the highway will include construction of 1,400 m tunnels and its completion by Rah-e Sahel Institute of Khatam-ol-Anbia Reconstruction Headquarters will cost 381.37 billion rials.

That part of the road would also include 14 bridges. The second part will also include a tunnel. The whole highway will run from Mohr city in Fars province to Assaluyeh in Bushehr province.

Parsian gas refinery is among important refineries of Iran, which is located in Mohr city of Fars province and is fed by Tabnak, Homa, Varavi, and Shanol gas fields.

Ethanol produced by the refinery will be taken to petrochemical complexes at Pars Special Economic Energy Zone in Assaluyeh to be converted into ethylene and other petrochemical products.

Propane, butane, and natural gasoline produced by the refinery will be taken in fluid state via pipeline to Persian Gulf and exported therefrom.

Pars Oil and Gas Company had already constructed Jam – Taheri – Parak highway over 48 km at a cost of about 960 billion rials.

The highway was officially inaugurated in March by Mohammad Rahmati, minister of road and transportation, as well as Seyed Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh, former minister of petroleum.

Pars Oil and Gas Company is in charge of developing South Pars, North Pars, Golshan, and Ferdowsi gas fields.