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News ID: 83270
Publish Date : 27 September 2020 - 22:19

Iran Gas Storage Capacity Up 30%: NIGTC

TEHRAN (Dispatches) -The CEO of the National Iranian Gas Transmission Company (NIGTC) Mehdi Jamshidi Dana says supply process at two natural gas storage facilities in the country has increased by more than 30 percent to respond to potential increase in demand during cold winter months.
Jamshidi Dana said that total current supply at Sarajeh and Shurijeh gas storage facilities, located in center and northeast of Iran, respectively, had reached 2.195 billion cubic meters (bcm).
"This increased storage would be a massive help to reliability of the country’s gas transmission in winter,” said Jamshidi Dana.
The official said gas supply at Shurijeh, located in Sarakhs near the border with Turkmenistan, has increased by 48 percent to reach 1.385 bcm.
The development marks a major breakthrough in Iran’s efforts to reduce reliance on imported gas from Turkmenistan during cold months to supply it to populated regions along the Caspian Sea and in northeast Iran.
Iran’s gas production facilities are mostly located in the south and along the Persian Gulf while a massive network of pipelines transfer the clean-burning fuel to areas across the country.
Iran’s Oil Ministry decided to improve gas transfer and storage facilities in areas to the north and northeast after a series of disputes in recent years on the price of imported gas led to interim halts in supply of gas from Turkmenistan.
Jamshidi Dana said supply at gas storage in Sarajeh, the smaller of two facilities in Iran which is located near the central city of Qom, had increased by 8 percent to stand at 810 million cubic meters.
Iran normally supplies gas to storage facilities in the first eight months of its calendar year ending late November when it begins to take the reserves for household and other usages during winter.
Daily Gas Production in SP Phases 22, 24 at 40mcm
The Director of Refinery No. 12 of South Pars Gas Field (SPGF) Mehdi Gerami Shirazi put the daily gas production in Phases 22 and 24 of the Field at 40 million cubic meter (mcm).
Shirazi said, "Since SP phases 22 and 24 have newly been launched, their daily gas production capacity has reached 40 million cubic meters.”
Presently, Refinery No. 12 of South Pars delivers about 46 million cubic meters gas per day while more than 40 million cubic meters of gas is produced and exported, he stated.
Elsewhere in his remarks, he pointed to the commissioning of propane and butane production units and added, "In Refinery No. 12, 1,080 and 600 tons of propane and butane is produced per day respectively.”
Production of other refinery products is underway according to the scheduled program, Gerami maintained.
Presently, about 70 percent of gas consumed in the country is provided from South Pars Joint Gas Field, he said, adding, "Inauguration of new phases in the government dubbed ‘Hope and Prudence’ in tandem with construction of onshore facilities has increased gas supply significantly.”