According to Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), Ali Asghar Sadeghi, deputy head of South Pars Phase 22-24 development project, said the 2,500-ton structure belonged to Phase 23 and was loaded on FLB124 barge by pull-push method.

He said the platform was developed for production of 500 million cubic feet per day of gas.

Once operational, the platform will bring Phase 22-24 production capacity to 42 mcm/d.

The structure will be installed at its designated offshore spot by an HL 5000 barge, he said.

All the engineering, construction and implementation phases of Phase 22-24 project have been carried out by Iranian experts and developers, Sadeghi further added.

He also stated that construction of the last platform belonging to the project had gained 77.94% progress and would be prepared for loading in the near future.