Projects Underway to Curb Air, Water Pollution in Asalouyeh

The National Iranian Gas Company is implementing three major plans to reduce air and water pollution in the Pars Special Economic Energy Zone in Asalouyeh, Bushehr Province, the head of NIGC’s Department of Health, Safety and Environment said.
“The ongoing initiatives are mainly focused on cutting associated petroleum gas burned off in flares, curbing emissions of sulfur dioxide and expanding industrial wastewater treatment facilities in the southern city of Asalouyeh,” Gholamreza Bahmannia was also reported as saying by the Oil Ministry’s news agency Shana.
Giving a breakdown, the official noted that operations are underway to collect 2 trillion cubic meters of APG from the 12 gas processing facilities in the South Pars region in the next five years. The scheme calls for curtailing emissions of sulfur dioxide by 490,000 tons in the same period.