Tehran, July 13, IRNA - Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) has started underwater pipe-laying operations for Phases 20 and 21 of the massive South Pars gas field, project manager of the phases said.
Once completed the 105-km long pipelines will deliver sour gas recovered from the phases to the onshore refining facilities in Assaluyeh, south of Iran, said Alireza Ebadi.
So far 40 km of Phase 21 underwater pipes have been laid while a record has been set for laying 171 pipes in a day's work during the operation, he said in a Shana report.
Platforms of the phases, due to be completed by mid-September, will be installed in their places by the POGC once the pipe-lay operations are over.
Phases 20 and 21 of South Pars gas filed are being developed for production of 50mcm /d of processed natural gas for domestic consumption, a million tons a year of ethane for use by petrochemical plants, 1.05 million tons a year of high-quality liquefied gas for exports and 75,000 barrels a day of condensate.
South Pars, divided into 29 development phases, holds 40 tcm of natural gas, or 21% of world's total gas reserves, and 50 billion barrels of condensate.
South Pars covers an area of 9,700 square kilometers, 3,700 square kilometers of which are in Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. The remaining 6,000 square kilometers are situated in Qatar's territorial waters.
The gas field is estimated to contain a significant amount of natural gas, accounting for about eight percent of the world's reserves, and approximately 18 billion barrels of condensate.
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