MPs Laud Launch of New Phases of Southern Gas Field
TEHRAN (Dispatches) – More than 200 Iranian lawmakers praised the coming into operation of the new phases of the giant South Pars gas field in the southwestern port city of Asalouyeh.
In a statement read out in an open session of the parliament on Wednesday, the legislators hailed the concurrent inauguration of five phases of the South Pars gas field, tapping into of the oil layer of the gas field, and launch of four petrochemical projects on Sunday, April 16, as "a golden page” in the history of the Islamic Republic.
The achievement proved the competence and capabilities of the Islamic Establishment under the hardest conditions created by cruel sanctions against the country’s oil industry, the statement read.
The South Pars phases 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 were inaugurated by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday.
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said three other phases of the gas field are planned to become operational and get connected to the national grid by the end of the current Iranian year (March 2018).
Zanganeh also said that after the coming into service of the remaining phases, the country’s daily gas production would rise to 800m cubic meters, surpassing that of neighboring Qatar.
NIOC Seals Oilfield Study MoU With Iranian Firm
Meanwhile, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ghadir Investment Company (GIC) for carrying out studies over oil and gas fields in Iran.
Based on the deal, the latter with carrying out studies over Kish, Sepehr, Jofeir and phase III of Darkhowin oil and gas fields.
Based on the document, GIC will have 6 months to hand in the result of its studies over the fields to NIOC.
NIOC has already signed similar documents with a number of other companies including Royal Dutch Shell for studying Kish gas field and Pasargad Gostaresh Energy Company for Jofeir and Sepehr oilfields.
In a statement read out in an open session of the parliament on Wednesday, the legislators hailed the concurrent inauguration of five phases of the South Pars gas field, tapping into of the oil layer of the gas field, and launch of four petrochemical projects on Sunday, April 16, as "a golden page” in the history of the Islamic Republic.
The achievement proved the competence and capabilities of the Islamic Establishment under the hardest conditions created by cruel sanctions against the country’s oil industry, the statement read.
The South Pars phases 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 were inaugurated by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday.
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said three other phases of the gas field are planned to become operational and get connected to the national grid by the end of the current Iranian year (March 2018).
Zanganeh also said that after the coming into service of the remaining phases, the country’s daily gas production would rise to 800m cubic meters, surpassing that of neighboring Qatar.
NIOC Seals Oilfield Study MoU With Iranian Firm
Meanwhile, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ghadir Investment Company (GIC) for carrying out studies over oil and gas fields in Iran.
Based on the deal, the latter with carrying out studies over Kish, Sepehr, Jofeir and phase III of Darkhowin oil and gas fields.
Based on the document, GIC will have 6 months to hand in the result of its studies over the fields to NIOC.
NIOC has already signed similar documents with a number of other companies including Royal Dutch Shell for studying Kish gas field and Pasargad Gostaresh Energy Company for Jofeir and Sepehr oilfields.