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DMEA REFINING DMEA
South Pars 14 refinery
to be complete by July
MIDDLE EAST IRAN is closing in on the completion of the gas holds ultimate responsibility for the projects,
refinery dedicated to Phase 14 of the supergiant with fellow National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC)
South Pars field, as it nears commissioning of all subsidiary Petropars carrying out jobs on the
phases associated with the asset. surface and subsurface. The only phases still to
The local Pars Oil and Gas Co. (POGC) be completed are the Phase 14 refinery and the
announced this week that the first train of the offshore Phase 11 for which Total previously held
Phase 14 refinery will be completed and ready a contract with NIOC.
for commissioning on schedule in early July. In February, Meshkinfam said that by March
The company’s managing director, Mohammad 20, the end of the Iranian calendar year, “the
Meskinfam, said it “will be handed over to the development … will be nearly completed and we
commissioning group in early July this year, and will not have any work left except for Phase 11 in
then the commissioning activities will continue the offshore sector and the refinery of Phase 14
to prepare the different units of this train for in the onshore sector; which will be operational
operation”. early next year.”
“Fortunately, with the follow-ups done, the Iran is home to around 34 trillion cubic
ancillary units of Phase 14 of South Pars are now metres of proven natural gas reserves, with
ready for commissioning, and in the process South Pars accounting for around 14 tcm as well
section, the reception facilities will be ready to as 18bn barrels of gas condensates.
receive gas by late May,” he added. The Islamic republic holds a 3,700-square
South Pars is split into 24 offshore develop- km portion of the 9,700-square km deposit that
ment phases and 14 onshore gas refineries which is shared with Qatar, where it is known as the
process the gas produced offshore. POGC, a sub- North Dome field. Around 80% of the field’s ini-
sidiary of the National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC), tial gas reserves are believed to remain in place.
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