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Third platforms installed at South Pars 22-24
Iran
ThE platform for the 23rd phase of Iran’s South Pars field was installed last week as Tehran con- tinues the development of the supergiant asset without the assistance of foreign partners.
The 2,500 tonne structure, whic will act as the second main platform of phases 22-24 (SP22- 24), was installed by hL-5000 vessel on Novem- ber 12.
The phases are being developed by Pars Oil and Gas Co. (POGC). The firm’s acting deputy director for SP22-24, Ali Asghar Sadeghi, was quoted by state energy media outlet Shana as saying: “The platform for phase 23 is the third gas platform in phases 22 to 24 of the field. Sim- ilar to the first phase’s two platforms, the 23rd phase was constructed by Iran Marine Industrial Co. (SADrA) with the daily production capacity of 14.2 mcm.”
SP22-24 had been earmarked to produce a combined 18.6 bcm per year by March 20 this year, but a lack of foreign currency after the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal derailed these ambitions.
Phases 22, 23 and 24 are being developed with the aim to produce 56 mcm of natural gas, 75,000 barrels per day of gas condensate and 400
tonnes per day of sulphur. These phases will also yield 1.05mn tonnes per year of LPG and 1mn tonnes per year of ethane.
Sadeghi added that in addition to the strengthening of the technical capability of domestic producers and contractors, efforts made in this plan will lead to a considerable increase in production capacity of gas from South Pars.
This progress by POGC follows the with- drawal by Chinese firm China National Petro- leum Corp. (CNPC) from a multi-billion dollar deal to develop phase 11 in October on the back of increased pressure from the US government. The project was seen by Tehran as heralding a new dawn for Iranian oil and gas development.
As with the rest of the projects in the coun- try, Iranian firms are having to go it alone and it was previously announced that Iranian company Petropars would “carry out the job” in place of the Chinese investor. Petropars is owned by the Naftiran Intertrade Co. (NICO), a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC).
South Pars is Iran’s largest gas field and forms part of the world’s single largest gas deposit, which it shares with Qatar.™
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