(Saturday, December 15, 2018)
19:27
Iran’s gas recovery for the supergiant South Pars gas field is projected to increase by 56 mcm/d by the end of the current calendar year to March 20 2019, which will bring the country’s total gas production capacity from the field to 630 mcm/d.
The CEO of
Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) said this would be a new record in Iran’s gas
production from the joint offshore gas field. Qatar share the field with Iran
in Persian Gulf waters.
Mohammad
Meshkinfam said as winter approaches and given the necessity to provide
sustainable and continuous gas to the country, exploitation of new phases of
South Pars was accelerating.
He said the
4th train of South Pars Phase 13 refinery would come online within the next two
weeks. The facility will be fed by the gas supplied from other phases of South
Pars.
The official
added that two offshore platforms belonging to Phase 14 of the field would
become operational, each adding 28 mcm/d to the field’s sour gas production
capacity.
He further
said that the onshore refining facility of Phases 22-24 was ready for startup.
The offshore
topside of Phase 22 has been successfully installed and it is being prepared
for startup and it is expected to come online by the next three weeks with 500
mcf/d of production capacity, he added.
He said Iran
is currently producing 580 mcm/d natural gas from the field which is expected
to cross 630 mcm/d by late March 2019.
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