To complete development project in Phase 13 of South Pars Gas Field, loading operations for the field's tripod for flare stack 'A' to be transferred and installed in the Persian Gulf were carried out in the Iran Offshore Engineering and Construction Company in Bushehr on Thursday, director of Phase 13 said.
“The 450-ton tripod is 68 meters in height and was lifted with the help of a floating crane HL-5000 and is being moved to its location with Mahdis barge,” Payam Motamed was quoted as saying by the National Iranian Oil Company news portal.
It will be installed at site adjacent to platforms A and C in two weeks depending on weather conditions. Engineers installed Phase 13 tripod torch for flare stack 'B' last year.
"Installing the tripod will accelerate development of the project," Motamed added, noting that installation of platforms A and C is over and platforms B and D are under construction.
Pipe-laying operations to connect the Phase 13 platform to onshore facilities in the port city of Asalouyeh were completed in 2017.
“Close to $5 billion has been invested in Phase 13 so far and will be paid back in full with interest to investors in less than three years even if international oil prices stay between $48 and $50 a barrel.,” Motamed said. Processing trains are operating and can refine 56 million cubic meters of sour gas per day before it is injected into the Iran Gas Trunkline — aka IGAT.
The development of Phase 13 involves drilling 38 production wells.
Fighting Air Pollution
Highlighting the importance of fighting air pollution in the region, Motamed said sulfur recycling units are operating and prevent the burning of 780 tons of noxious gas per annum.
Phase 13 gas condensate is sold in international markets and its ethane is supplied as feedstock to petrochemical companies in Pars Special Economic Energy Zone.
Phase 13, one of the 24 SP phases whose development started in 2010, is designed to produce 80,000 barrels of gas condensate per day, 400 tons of sulfur, 1.1 million tons of LPG and a million tons of ethane annually to provide petrochemical plants with feedstock.
"SP is being developed in 24 phases, of which 20 are either partly or fully operational. Each operating phase generates $1.5 billion a year," Motamed noted.
