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South Pars complex to
launch gas DMC unit
IRAN IRAN’S giant South Pars gas complex plans to as 18bn barrels of gas condensates. The Islamic
launch its first gas condensate demercaptanisa- Republic holds a 3,700-square km portion of
tion (DMC) unit, a move that will improve con- the 9,700-square km deposit that is shared with
densate refining capacity and quality. Qatar, where it is known as the North Dome
Speaking to official Iranian media, Hossein field. Around 80% of the field’s initial gas reserves
Bagheban, director of the South Pars Gas Co. are believed to remain in place.
said that the DMC unit would be added to at Also this week, the National Iranian Gas Co.
the site of the South Pars Phase 2 refinery, rais- (NIGC) said that the country’s gas production
ing capacity to 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) of has not been affected by international sanctions,
condensate. noting that the company is committed to reduc-
He said that the unit would reduce the corro- ing flaring.
sive effects of harmful compounds on the refin- Speaking during a meeting at the Fajr Jam
ery and cut pollution while also increasing the Gas Refining Co., NIGC director of production
refining value-add. co-ordination and supervision Ahmad Zamani
In March, the National Iranian Oil Co. said: “A large part of the country’s energy mix
(NIOC) launched South Pars Phase 14 refin- depends on gas, and all parts of our life and liveli-
ery, the final phase of the downstream develop- hood are somehow dependent on the hard work
ment of the super-giant South Pars gas field. The of the gas industry employees, and any action in
upstream section is split into 24 offshore devel- this area helps the national economy.”
opment phases, all but one of which have been He added: “One of our goals is to prevent the
brought on stream. sanctions [from impacting] the gas production
Iran is home to around 34 trillion cubic industry in Iran, and I say with confidence that if
metres of proved natural gas reserves, with the sanctions continue for many years Iran’s gas
South Pars accounting for around 14 tcm as well production will not be affected by them.”
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