Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 7 / Trend F.Milad/
Iran has discovered two new oilfields, an official with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Mahmoud Mohaddes said, adding that details on the discovery will soon be announced by the Oil Ministry, Mehr news agency reported
Mohaddes told the Mehr news agency that exploratory operations are underway in border provinces and across the Persian Gulf as well.
Iran plans to commission seven new drilling rigs in the South Pars gas field by September next year.
For the time being, 11 drilling rigs are in operation in 13 phases of the gas field. Developing all the phases will boost Iran's gas output by 700 million cubic meters per day, the report says.
The South Pars gas field is shared by Iran and Qatar. The Iranian share, which is divided into 29 phases, has about 14 trillion cubic meters of gas, or about eight percent of the total world reserves, and more than 18 billion barrels of liquefied natural gas resources.
Iran plans to increase the number of its drilling rigs operating in its onshore and offshore oilfields by 36 units to reach 134 units by March 2014, the National Iranian Oil Company's (NIOC) managing director said.
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