Iranian Technicians Overhaul 22 Gas Platforms in 160 Days

Iranian engineers and technicians managed to overhaul 22 offshore platforms in the giant South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf, independent of any foreign company or entity and depending 100% on domestic capabilities and potentials.

Head of Production Operations at the Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) Hadi Fakhrzadeh said on Tuesday that the overhaul operations of 22 offshore platforms in the giant South Pars Gas Field have come to an end after 160 days, adding that the annual overhauls were aimed sustainable and sufficient supply of gas in different seasons, particularly in winter.

Fakhrzadeh added that natural gas, as a key part of the country's energy mix, plays an important role in meeting the growing need for an environmentally friendly energy source, adding the overhaul operations took 160 working days and entailed over 8,800 orders to be addressed.

The official said that on average, overhaul operations of every platform had been reduced from 17 days in 2009 to 7 days in 2019.

South Pars field is the world's largest gas field, shared between Iran and Qatar, covering an area of 3,700 square kilometers of Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf.

The giant reservoir is being developed in 24 phases.

Last month, CEO of the Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) Mohammad Meshkinfam said that Iran is planning to increase the volume of its daily output from the South Pars gas field, which the country shares with Qatar, by 50 million cubic meters per day.

Iran is currently producing 630 mcm/d of gas from the joint offshore field, and is planning to bring gas production from the supergiant South Pars gas field to 680 mcm/d by launching new platforms, Meshkinfam said, during a visit to the gas field, where he added that development projects in phases 13, 14 and 22-24 were ongoing by domestic companies.

In September, Deputy Director for Development and Engineering Affairs at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Reza Dehqan said that his country is steadily developing its oil and gas projects, reminding that Washington’s sanctions are nothing new to Tehran.

In a televised interview, Dehqan said that sanctions were nothing new in the oil industry of Iran, adding that developing the oil industry in the country never stops.

He added that the fate of all the country’s joint oil and gas fields would be completely determined within the next two years, adding that development of several fields was currently underway in the country.

source: Fars News