BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 24
By Elnur Baghishov - Trend
Production continues at 13th phase of South Pars gas field in Iran (this field is called North Dome in Qatar), said Payam Motamed, operator of the South Pars project 13th Phase, Trend reports citing official website of National Iranian Oil Company.
According to Motamed, despite heavy rains in recent days, there have been no problems with the operation of the phase processing plant and the processed gas is sent to the intended areas.
Motamed added that 28 million cubic meters of rich gas were transported from two platforms of the13th phase and more than 22 million cubic meters of sour gas from Phases 6, 7 and 8.
The South Pars gas field is a joint gas field Iran and Qatar. The proven reserves of the South Pars Gas field have reached 51 trillion cubic meters of gas (36 trillion extractable). At present, the potential for daily gas production from Iran's South Pars gas field is 650 million cubic meters. With the launch of new platforms in five phases (13, 14, 22, 23 and 24), gas production potential will increase to 680 million cubic meters daily.
Around 75 percent of Iran's gas is supplied by this field.