Iran's South Pars Phase 14 Satellite Platform Installed

In line with plans to boost gas output from South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf, the second offshore platform of the field’s Phase 14 was installed with flying colors.
According to Hamidreza Masoudi, director of the phase, the satellite platform 14C will add over 500 million cubic meters [14.1 million cubic meters] to the giant field’s production capacity, Shana, Oil Ministry’s portal, reported on Friday.
The official noted that the gigantic structure, weighting 2,200 tons, has been built by domestic experts in the yard of Iran Marine Industrial Company, aka Sadra, in Bushehr.
The platform, loaded on September 2, was transferred and installed in less than four days using the 124 FLB crane barge.