Reza Dehghan, the NIOC deputy director for development and engineering affairs, said the contract would be signed with Petropars Company next week.

He said by implementation of the offshore project, the field’s output will reach 500 million cubic feet per day of sour gas.

The produced gas will be transferred to Platform C of South Pars Phase 12 and, after processing, will be sent to the phase’s onshore refinery via a sea pipeline, Dehghan said.  

Bilal Gas Field is located east of South Pars in the Persian Gulf and 90 km southwest of Lavan Island.