An estimated 14 million cubic meters of natural gas per day will be extracted from Phase 11 of the South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf by the end of the current Iranian year (March 2022-23), the company’s director of integrated planning said.
“The Phase 11 development project includes the construction and installation of the jacket and topside of the phase, drilling 12 wells and laying pipes on the seabed from the phase’s platforms to onshore refineries,” Karim Zobeidi was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
The extracted gas will be transferred to onshore refineries in Asalouyeh and Kangan in Bushehr Province, he added, noting that the jacket of platform B is already in place and the offshore platform (SPD 11B) has been hauled from Qeshm Island and will be installed on its location soon.
Pointing to the implementation of pipe-laying projects to connect the offshore deck to onshore refining facilities in the port city of Asalouyeh, he said 100-km-long 32-inch pipes are being laid as planned.
Petropars Group, which is in charge of developing the phase, has been using parts and equipment produced by Iranian manufacturers and the services of domestic companies in various sectors, as it aims to enhance the country's technical and engineering capabilities.
Phase 11 is the only one among the 24 phases of the giant joint field in the Persian Gulf, which has not been developed yet. Iran shares the field with Qatar.
According to Hamidreza Masoudi, the contractor of SP Phase 11, about 12,000 meters of drilling operations to dig four production wells have been carried out, while it is estimated to reach 15,000 meters.
When operational, the phase will also produce 75,000 barrels of gas condensate per day.
The giant gas field is spread over 9,700 square kilometers, 3,700 square kilometers of which are in Iran’s territorial waters and the rest in Qatari waters.
Petropars was founded in 1998 to help develop the vast energy resources and is one of the leading contractors of upstream oil and gas projects. It has recently been tasked with the development of the giant South Azadegan Oilfield in Khuzestan Province and Belal Gas Field off the Persian Gulf.
