Amin Khoramabadi, who oversees the North Pars development project at Pars Oil and Gas Company, said the scope of work includes engineering, procurement, construction, transportation, and installation of the offshore jacket. The main jacket weighs 750 tons, which rises to about 2,000 tons when including attachments. It will be installed at a depth of about 13 meters after construction and transportation.

Khoramabadi highlighted the country’s growing engineering and fabrication capacity in offshore industries, noting that the North Pars field—discovered in 1967—was initially slated for development in the 1970s before plans were halted. The project has now been revived under updated strategies and with the latest technical expertise as part of the National Iranian Oil Company’s long-term development agenda.

The North Pars gas field is one of Iran’s largest independent fields and among the biggest of its kind globally. It is located about 120 kilometers southeast of Bushehr, 10 to 15 kilometers off the coast, with a reservoir depth of around 4,000 meters. Covering roughly 500 square kilometers, the field holds an estimated 1,668 billion cubic meters of gas in place, with 1,337 billion cubic meters considered recoverable.

Based on recent studies, once fully developed, the field is expected to produce about 4 billion cubic feet of rich gas per day, equivalent to 113 million cubic meters.