To provide Parsian Gas Refinery with more natural gas as feedstock, production from the Pazan and Madar gas fields in Fars Province is on the agenda of South Zagros Oil and Gas Production Company, the managing director said.
"Daily output of the refining unit, at about 90 million cubic meters, is injected into the fourth phase of the national gas grid, aka IGAT-4, transferring South Pars gas to the central Fars and Isfahan provinces," Hamid Izadi was quoted as saying by Shana.
Izadi said drilling of three wells in Pazan is expected to be completed soon and add 3 million cubic meters of gas per day to supplies to the refinery. The project is estimated to cost $75 million.
Referring to the Madar field being developed at a cost of $44 million, he said, "Drilling two wells will help SZOGPC to extract 1.5 mcm/d of gas. Plans are underway to increase the field's output to 20 mcm/d."
To help sustain the company's extraction volumes and supply more gas to Parsian Refinery, SZOGPC will develop six other fields, namely Khartang Gardan, Dey, Sefid Zakhur, Halegan and Sefid Baghoun in Bushehr and Fars provinces by 2022.
SZOGPC, a subsidiary of the Iranian Central Oil Fields Company, is in charge of nine gas and two oil fields in Fars, Bushehr and Hormozgan provinces. The company says it wants to expand activities in Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad and Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari provinces.
Parsian Gas Refinery has three refining units, two of which have a processing capacity of 50 mcm/d and a larger unit produces up to 40 mcm/d.
The refinery reportedly processes 10% of Iran's total gas output at 850 mcm/d.
