TEHRAN – The storage capacity of the Sarajeh Qom gas storage facility will increase by 50%, according to the CEO of the Iran Gas Engineering and Development Company.
Behnam Mirzaei said Monday that Sarajeh, one of the company’s key projects, has an initial gas storage capacity of 1 billion cubic meters, with potential to increase that capacity by 50%.
Speaking at a coordination meeting between the Oil Ministry’s director general of public relations and the public relations chiefs of the four major oil companies, hosted by the Iran Gas Engineering and Development Co., Mirzaei said the upstream development of the Sarajeh gas storage reservoir was completed last year.
He said bringing the downstream section of the project online in the near future will increase the country’s gas storage capacity.
Mirzaei said the company has set a target of commissioning 517 kilometers of gas transmission lines in 2026, adding that part of the target has already been achieved and work on the remaining sections is underway to strengthen the stability of the gas transmission network ahead of this winter.
The CEO said 12 compressors at gas pressure-boosting stations also will come online this year based on the network’s hydraulic calculations.
Mirzaei said the company is pursuing reconstruction projects at damaged refineries under an approach that combines simultaneous rehabilitation with early production at four affected facilities.
He said the Iran Gas Engineering and Development Co., which has been assigned responsibility for rebuilding South Pars Refinery No. 6, has adopted a phased reconstruction strategy to restore the refinery’s gas production as quickly as possible.
The company’s activities include gas transmission lines, pressure-boosting stations, gas storage, telecommunications, refinery development and infrastructure projects across the country, Mirzaei said.
Despite two imposed wars and inflationary pressures, the company successfully brought 774 kilometers of gas transmission lines and four turbocompressor units online last year through proper planning, he said.
Mirzaei also stressed the need for public relations departments to move beyond simple information dissemination toward communications and information management and data-driven storytelling.
Public relations teams should explain the challenges and complexities of the oil and gas industry within the broader value chain, he said.
He outlined five priorities for the company’s public relations activities: moving from information dissemination to communications and information management; explaining the value chain rather than viewing industry segments in isolation; professional storytelling during periods of uncertainty and crisis; adopting data-driven public relations; and taking a proactive, forward-looking approach.