South Pars Phase 11 Wellhead Jacket Installation Operations Begin

Installation work on the first wellhead jacket of South Pars Gas Field Phase 11 in the Persian Gulf started Thursday.
The jacket of Platform B of Phase 11, which was hauled from Qeshm Island on April 30, reached its destination 135 km off Asalouyeh coast, and the installation process is expected to take about three weeks. 
When the jacket is installed, drilling in 5 offshore wells will begin, the Oil Ministry news agency Shana reported.
The jacket weighs 2,200 tons and the first well of the phase is planned to come online next year.
This is the first of two jackets of Phase 11, which will allow drilling 12 wells close to the Iran-Qatar sea border in the Persian Gulf.