Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 12
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
Iran loaded platform 19A of South Pars gas field at southern port of Khorramshar, Shana news agency reported Feb. 12.
The 1,640-ton platform will be installed in coming weeks and start producing gas by March.
Phase 19 of South Pars gas field currently injects 31 million cubic meters of gas into the national gas grid, Hamid Reza Masoudi, operator of the phase said.
Once the phase becomes fully operational, it will produce 57 million cubic meters of sour gas, 80,000 barrels of gas condensates, and 400 tons of sulphur on a daily basis, Masoudi said.
South Pars, located in southern region, is divided into 24 development phases, and contains 40 trillion cubic meters of natural gas.
It covers an area of 9,700 square kilometers, 3,700 square kilometers of which are in Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. The remaining 6,000 square kilometers are in Qatar's territorial waters.
The Islamic Republic is producing over 430 million cubic meters per day (mcm/d) of gas from South Pars, while the production level is projected to surpass 700 mcm/d by late 2018.