BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 4
By Elnur Baghishov - Trend
The gas platforms controlled by the Iranian Pars Oil and Gas Company have achieved 100 percent efficiency, said production manager of Pars Oil and Gas Company Alireza Ebadi, Trend reports citing official website of Company.
According to Ebadi, currently the company operates 26 platforms in the South Pars gas field.
Ebadi added that some of those platforms are in operation and work on 9 platforms (delivery and installation of platforms in wells) is ongoing.
The official said that special attention is paid to the continuation of gas production and the health of workers on the platforms of the South Pars gas field.
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.