BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 25
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The second part of the Skid-Mounted unit in Iran-Iraq joint South Azadegan oil field and gas condensate storage facilities in the Asaluyeh County of Bushehr Province (southern Iran) will be put into operation officially on Nov. 26, Trend reports citing National Iranian Oil Company’s official website.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh, and several officials will attend the ceremony dedicated to launching of the facilities via videoconference.
According to the report, the Skid-Mounted unit processes a total of daily 50,000 barrels of crude oil in the South Azadegan oil field. It is possible to increase this figure to 80,000 barrels per day.
“The first part of this unit was put into operation in the 12th month of last Iranian year (from February 20 through March 19, 2020). This part processes 25,000 barrels of crude oil per day,” the report said.
According to the report, in general, $46.9 million was spent on the construction of the 2nd part of the Skid-Mounted unit, and oil is transported to the unit for processing from 35 wells.
Furthermore, 8 gas condensate storage facilities with each capacity of 80,000 cubic meters (500,000 barrels) and related facilities will be put into operation in Asaluyeh County of the Bushehr Province in connection with the storage of gas condensate processed by the South Pars Gas Company (SPGC),” the report said.
According to the report, these storage facilities can store 640,000 cubic meters (4 million barrels) of gas condensate in total and provide fuel for Iran’s Persian Gulf Star Oil Company.
“A total of 29.2 million euro and 2.2 trillion rials (about $52.3 million) was spent on the storages and related facilities,” the report said.