BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 14
By Elnur Baghishov - Trend:
The overhaul of the 9th processing plant of Iran’s South Pars Gas Company has been completed by 95 percent, said Mohammad Mehdi Hashemi, the head of the plant, Trend reports citing the company’s website.
According to Hashemi, so far, 9 days have been spent on capital repairs at the plant.
Hashemi added that cleaning of heat converters, cleaning of main stabilizers and other work is carried out at the plant.
The official said that with the spread of the coronavirus, activities at the plant continue on the basis of health protocols.
The plant processes the South Pars Gas field 12th phase's gas. It was reported that there are 600 billion cubic meters of gas reserves in this phase. Natural gas is transported to the plant via a 150-kilometer pipeline. The 9th processing plant processes 14.1 million cubic meters of gas, 80,000 barrels of gas condensate per day and 37 cubic meters of glycol monoethylene per hour.
Gas from Iran's South Pars gas field is transported to refineries in the Pars Special Energy Economic Zone (port city of Asaluyeh in Iran's southern Bushehr Province) via a gas pipeline. Around 75 percent of Iran's gas is supplied by this field.
The South Pars gas field is a joint gas field of Iran and Qatar. The proven reserves of the South Pars Gas Field are estimated at 51 trillion cubic meters of gas, of which 36 trillion are extractable. At present, Iran's daily gas production from the South Pars gas field is more than 700 million cubic meters. Iran has so far spent $33 billion on projects related to the South Pars gas field.