9 August 2014 - 12:10
  • News ID: 222424
Early Production Expected in South Pars

TEHRAN August (Shana)--Iran will start early production from two phases of the massive South Pars natural gas field during the first half of the next Persian calendar year (begins on March 21, 2015), a deputy petroleum minister said.

Emad Hosseini said given the progress of phases 20 and 21 of the gas field, production will begin ahead of schedule during next year’s first half.
He said according to a report by the project contractors, development of the two phases has progressed about 70 percent with offshore development being ahead of onshore operations.
Hosseini said South Pars production will increase by 200 mcm/d of gas by the end of the next Persian calendar year (March 19, 2016).
Implementation of the abovementioned phases of South Pars kicked off in May 2010.
Development of the two phases is aimed at production of 50 mcm/d of refined natural gas for domestic consumption, annual recovery of one million tons of ethane for petrochemical industries, recovery of 1.05 million tons of liquefied natural gas per year for export as well as production of 75,000 barrels of desulfurized gas condensate per day and recovery of 400 tons of sulfur per day for export purposes.
South Pars covers an area of 9,700 square kilometers, 3,700 square kilometers of which is located in Iran’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. The remaining section is situated in Qatar’s territorial waters.
The gas field is estimated to contain a significant amount of natural gas, accounting for about eight percent of the world’s reserves with approximately 18 billion barrels of condensate.
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