BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr. 14
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The 3rd refinery of the South Pars Gas Company (SPGC) produced 17.2 billion tons of sweet gas in the last Iranian year (from March 20, 2020 through March 20, 2021), Director of the 3rd Refinery of the SPGC, Mohammad Shafi Moazzeni said, Trend reports citing the company’s website.
According to Moazzeni, the refinery also produced more than 20 million barrels of gas condensate over the last Iranian year.
The director added that the moreover, the 3rd refinery produced more than 770,000 tons of ethane and 600,000 tons of propane within last Iranian year.
As reported, the fuel of the 3rd refinery of the SPGC is supplied by the 4th and 5th phases of the South Pars gas field. The 3rd refinery can produce 67,000 barrels of gas condensate, 2,550 tons of ethane, 1,960 tons of propane, 1,210 tons of butane, and 285 tons of sulfur per day.
The South Pars gas field (called North Dome in Qatar) 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. Iran has so far spent $90 billion on projects of the South Pars gas field.
Iran extracted 570 million cubic meters of gas per day from this field in the last Iranian year (from March 21, 2019, to March 20, 2020).
Reportedly, Iran is currently extracting 700 million cubic meters of gas per day from the gas field.