Private Company Harnesses Flare Gas of Parsi Oilfield

For the first time in the country, a private Iranian company has set up a gas compressor station for collecting flare gases of Parsi Oilfield near Ahvaz in the southern Khuzestan Province, the National Iranian Oil Company’s deputy for production said.
“Tamkar Gas Equipment Company, which has considerable experience in the construction of high-pressure gas compressors and compressed natural gas stations, launched on Saturday a gas compressor station with a production capacity of 212,000 cubic meters of natural gas per day,” Mohsen Paknejad was also quoted as saying by ILNA.  
Paknejad added that the station collects low-pressure flare gases of Parsi Oilfield and curb the burning of between 85,000 and 212,000 cubic meters of flare gas a day. Following the compression of flare gas, it will be returned to NIOC’s facilities to be injected into Karanj Oilfield in the province.
According to the official, NIOC will earn revenues from the sale of associated petroleum gas without paying fees to Tamkar.