BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 26
By Elnur Baghishov - Trend:
Gas production from platform 14B of South Pars Gas Field jointly owned by Iran and Qatar (North Dome in Qatar), has begun, Iran South Pars phase 14 development project manager at Pars Oil & Gas Company (POGC) Mohammad Mehdi Tavasolipour said, Trend reports referring to the POGC’s website.
The production started with the construction of pipelines between the 14th and the 12th phases of the South Pars Gas Field, the project manager noted.
Tavasolipour added that the platform 14B was installed during fourth month (from June 22 through July 22) of this Iranian year (began March 21, 2019) and was commissioned Dec. 25.
Speaking about POGC’s commitment to bring daily production of gas from the field to 680 million cubic meters by the end of this Iranian year (March 21, 2020), the project manager said that the platform 14B was installed for the production of 14.2 million cubic meters of gas per day.
Tavasolipour noted that besides, 20,000 barrels of gas condensate, 100 tons of sulfur and 250,000 tons of liquefied gas will be processed daily.
“So, offshore gas production of the 14th phase of the field will reach 42 million cubic meters a day,” the project manager said.
There are two main and two auxiliary platforms of the 14th phase of the South Pars Gas Field. It is possible to produce 500 million cubic meters of gas from each of these platforms. The platforms 14A (since early May 2019) and 14C (since late May 2019) of this phase each produce 14.2 million cubic meters of gas daily.
The proven reserves of the South Pars Gas Field have reached 51 trillion cubic meters of gas and it is possible to extract 36 trillion cubic meters of gas.
Presently, 630 million cubic meters of gas may be extracted from Iran's South Pars gas field daily.
After new platforms are commissioned at five phases (13, 14, 22, 23 and 24), gas production volume will increase up to 680 million cubic meters a day.