Operations to connect the second major pipeline of South Pars Gas Field's Phase 13 in the Persian Gulf to onshore facilities have been completed, the director of Phase 13 development project said.
"The pipeline between Phase 13 platform and onshore gas processing facilities was laid using C-master vessel in two months," Payam Motamed was also quoted as saying by Shana.
The official noted that plans are on the agenda to start pipe-lying operations to connect the phases of platforms C and A.
Phase 13 consists of two main and two satellite platforms.
"When the new pipelines go on stream, some 56 million cubic meters of sour gas will be transmitted from Phase 13 platforms to onshore refineries," Motamed said.
Work on transporting and installing the offshore structures of Phase 13 is submitted to Iran's Offshore Engineering and Construction Company.
The Phase 13 project will consist of offshore infrastructure, including 38 wells, four platforms and four pipelines stretching about 90 kilometers off the Persian Gulf coast, as well as onshore facilities, including four gas refining units each with a daily processing capacity of 14 million cubic meters.
A consortium of local firms, namely Iran Marine Industrial Company or SADRA, energy conglomerate MAPNA and Petro Paydar Iranian Company, is developing Phase 13.
Once completed, the phase is slated to produce 56 million cubic meters of natural gas per day. It is planned to extract 2,900 tons of liquefied petroleum gas, 2,750 tons of ethane, 75,000 barrels of ultra light crude, also known as condensate, and 400 tons of sulfur per day from the offshore project.
South Pars, which is known as North Dome in the Qatari territory, is being developed in 24 phases.
Phase 13 is in line with Iran’s plans to raise natural gas output to 1.1 billion cubic meters per day by 2021.
The country’s gas production capacity stands over 800 million cubic meters a day, but output has been dented in recent months because of the shutdown of several South Pars production and refining facilities. Supplies from South Pars make up nearly two-thirds of Iran’s total gas supply.
