BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 31
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The 3rd gas refinery of Iran’s South Pars Gas Company (SPGC) produced more than 16.1 million barrels of gas condensate, during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2021 through January 20, 2022), Head of the 3rd Refinery of the SPGC, Mohammad Shafi Moazzeni said, Trend reports citing the company’s website.
Moazzeni said that the 3rd refinery is engaged in the production and export of gas condensate.
The official also added that the 3rd refinery processed 14.2 billion cubic meters of gas in 10 months.
“In addition, the refinery produced 313,000 tons of ethane, 452,000 tons of propane, 242,000 tons of butane and 55,000 tons of sulfur for the reporting period,” he noted.
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's share in the field is 14 trillion cubic meters of gas and 18 billion barrels of gas condensate.
The phases of the South Pars gas field are located in an area of 3.7 km. Iran has extracted more than 1.8 trillion cubic meters of gas and 2.2 billion barrels of gas condensate worth $335 billion by the end of last Iranian year (March 20, 2021).
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