TEHRNA (Press TV) -- Iran has finished installing a super-sized drilling rig at South Pars gas field, the largest in the world which the country shares with Qatar, Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh announced on Saturday.
The 2,400-tonne platform, dubbed SPD-14B, was mounted earlier in the day by Iranian crew and experts in Persian Gulf waters off the southern Iranian coast. Zangeneh said the installation will accelerate development and expansion operations at the offshore section of the phase 14 of South Pars gas field.