To fast track production in the South Pars Gas Field off the Persian Gulf, the last offshore platform of its Phase 13 (13C) was installed on Saturday.
According to Payam Motamed, operator of Phase 13, deck 13C, weighing 2,500 tons, was installed on the jacket with the help of the domestic floating crane HL-5000, IRNA reported.
After hook up operations that will be completed later in the month, the platform can produce 14 million cubic meters of natural gas per day, which equals “almost half the capacity of a standard South Pars phase,” he said.
Regarding (Phase13) other platforms (13D and 13 B), which were installed simultaneously last month, Motamed said, "The decks are now producing 28 mcm of gas per day."
The topside (13C), with extraction capacity of 14 mcm per day, was constructed by Iran Marine Industrial Company (known as SADRA).
In addition to four platforms (13A, B, C and D), the phase consists of 38 wells, four pipelines stretching over 90km as well as onshore facilities, including four gas refining units.
Once deck 13C is operational, the phase will produce 56 million cubic meters of natural gas per day. Plans call for extracting 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.
South Pars, known as North Dome in Qatar, is being developed in 24 phases.
Phase 13 is in line with plans to raise natural gas output to 1.1 billion cubic meters a day by 2021.
Daily gas production capacity in Iran is over 850 million cubic meters. Supplies from South Pars account for nearly two-thirds of the total.
