Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 28 / Trend F.Mehdi/
The construction of an NGL plant with a projected output of 500 million cubic feet per day started on Monday in the southwestern town of Jofeir, the Mehr News Agency reported.
The project, named NGL3200, is one of the major projects of the Iranian oil industry.
Some 280 million cubic feet of sweetened gas, 50 tons of sulfur, and 72,000 barrels of gas condensates will be produced at the plant.
It is aimed to save one billion cubic feet of associated gas, which is produced at the Yadavaran and Azadegan oilfields.
Associated gases can bring benefits for the country, but they are flared up and burden huge losses to the nation, instead.
Some 40 million cubic meters of associated gas in oilfields are burnt daily.
Iran has allocated $2 billion to collect associated gas at Kharg and Bahregan oil regions, the deputy oil minister for engineering affairs Hamdollah Mohammadnejad, said in November 2011.
Mohammadnejad told the Shana news agency that the sum will be spent to collect 17 million cubic meters of associated gas.
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