Iran´s South Pars daily gas production soon to reach 680 mcm

Teheran, November 26 - Neftegaz.RU. The daily production of gas in South Pars field will reach over 680 million mcm in near future, the managing director of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), which is in charge of developing the field, announced.

Mohammad Meshkinfam noted that POGC is seriously following up on the development projects of the phases 13, 14, 22, 23 and 24 of the field, according to the company’s priority plans for the current year.

The POGC head mentioned the recent installation of 2 of the phases 22-24 platforms on their offshore spots, saying production of the 2 platforms will be soon transferred to offshore refineries after finishing the hook-up and their launch operations.

“After being processed at the refineries, the gas produced in the mentioned phases will be injected into the national gas network,” he added. The mentioned 2 platforms will add 28 million cu me of gas to the field’s total output.

Currently, only 3 platforms of the phase 13 and 14 of the field have remained to be installed and after that the offshore section of the South Pars first development stage will be completely finished.

According to the official, the remaining 3 platforms will also be loaded to be installed in their offshore spot in the Persian Gulf by the end of March 19, 2020.

South Pars is estimated to contain a significant amount of natural gas, accounting for about 8% of the world’s reserves, and approximately 18 billion barrels of condensate.