Iran Starts up Phase 19 of S Pars
Iran has started early gas production from the South Pars gas field's phase 19 on March 9, where it has broughts its first platform into play.
For now it is producing 14mn m³/d gas, but the final production capacity is 50mn m³/d, the state Pars Oil and Gas Company reported.
According to documents obtained by NGE, the phase was 90% complete as of the end of last year, of which 24.7% occurred during the presidency of Hassan Rouhani, which started in mid-2013.
Iran produced 162.5bn m3 of sweet gas during the 11 months of the current fiscal year, which ends in a couple of weeks' time. The figure indicates a 7% growth year-to-year, the deputy head of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) for operations affairs Abdolhossein Samari said on March 4.
Coming to the country's total raw gas production, Iran produced 803mn m3/d in December, including 408mn m3/d from the South Pars gas field. The production level of South Pars rose by 16.5% in December 2015, compared with the same month in 2014, the documents say.
South Pars is divided into 24 standard phases, of which phases 1-10, 12, 15 and 16 are fully operational. Phases 17 and 18 as well as 19 are operating at half capacity.
Iran Desk