According to Pars Oil and Gas Company, Abdolreza Kamal-Nadian, production operations manager of the SPD3 platform, said the platform’s overhaul and return to production were successfully completed, recording 396 work orders and 4,074 accident-free man-hours.

He noted that the SPD3 overhaul included mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and technical inspection tasks. The work was carried out over eight days with full cooperation among production and operations management units and the company’s marine and air logistics services.

Kamal-Nadian said various sections of the platform were monitored and inspected during the overhaul. Safety valves at the wellheads were removed, tested at onshore facilities, and reinstalled after the necessary checks.

He added that the work also included cleaning and inspecting process tanks, high-elevation operations, replacing the flare thermocouple, repairing the monoethylene glycol transfer line, and conducting preventive maintenance. With the completion of the overhaul and the platform’s return to service, South Pars’ offshore facilities are now fully prepared for maximum gas production during the winter.

Thorough Monitoring and Completion of SPD4 Maintenance Tasks

Abbas Eslahi, production operations manager of the SPD4 platform, said the overhaul began on Oct. 1 and was completed on schedule. The maintenance team, along with the inspection, operations, safety, and logistics departments, carried out 5,272 man-hours of work and 412 maintenance tasks without incident.

He said the platform, which has a production capacity of 28 million cubic meters of gas per day, has reentered the production circuit and is fully prepared for safe and stable winter operations. During the overhaul and monitoring process, all registered maintenance tasks were completed, with round-the-clock efforts from offshore teams and full support from onshore units to ensure production stability and meet the country’s energy needs.

Eslahi said the work included glycol pipeline welding, tank inspection and cleaning, disassembly and calibration of safety valves, and replacement of a wellhead pressure-reducing valve. He added that, under strict safety measures, flare components—including the guard and pilot burner located about 76 meters above sea level—were repaired and replaced during the operation.