South Pars Gas Output to Get A Boost

Output from Phase 12 of South Pars gas field is set to double in a month, according to Mohammad Javad Shams, the CEO of Iranian oil and gas company Petropars.

Shams last week said gas production from Phase 12 of South Pars will increase to 25 million cubic meters (mcm) per day by June 21, reports Press TV.

The output capacity of Phase 12 currently stands at 12 million cubic meters per day, which will more than double when the second stage of Phase 12 goes on stream in three weeks’ time.

Shams also said the third and fourth stages of Phase 12 will enter service between November 22 and December 21, which he said will boost gas production from Phase 12 to 50 million cubic meters per day, reports Press TV.

South Pars covers an area of 3,700 square kilometers of Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. It adjoins Qatar’s North Field, which measures 6,000 square kilometers.