The NGL 3100 project was officially launched Saturday by President Masoud Pezeshkian via video conference, with Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad also in attendance. The facility is designed to collect associated gas from oil production in Ilam, process it and convert it into commercial products.

The project includes the NGL 3100 complex, two gas compression stations, a 100-megawatt power plant and more than 350 kilometers (217 miles) of feed and product pipelines. It has a daily processing capacity of 240 million cubic feet of natural gas.

After compression, the rich gas is transferred to the NGL 3100 facility, where it is sweetened, dehydrated and processed to produce light gas, C2+ components (including ethane and heavier hydrocarbons), sulfur and gas condensates.

The plant is expected to produce more than 4.3 million cubic meters of sweet gas per day for injection into the national grid, along with 1,055 tons annually of C2+ products, 132,000 tons of sulfur per year and 850 barrels per day of gas condensates. Heavier hydrocarbons will be supplied to downstream facilities, including the NGL 3200 complex in the West Karoun oil region, and eventually to the Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex. With the upcoming start of the Dehloran Petrochemical Plant, C2+ output from NGL 3100 will also serve as feedstock there.

Officials said the investment will shut down eight gas flares in the region and prevent the waste of associated gas valued at more than \$700 million annually. About 85% of the equipment used in the project was sourced domestically.

NGL 3100 currently receives around 80 million cubic feet of feed gas per day and will gradually ramp up to full capacity. The project is expected to create 1,500 direct jobs and 3,000 indirect jobs, while also reducing air pollution, conserving resources and adding value to Iran’s hydrocarbon chain.