Phase 11 of the South Pars Gas Field is planned to produce 14 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas per day by the end of the current Iranian year (started March 20, 2022), an Iranian energy official said.
"Experts are trying hard to materialize the goal of expanding daily gas production in the South Pars Phase 11 to 14 million cubic meters until the end of the current year," Director of the Integrated Planning at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Karim Zobeidi said.
The NIOC also plans to make operational three refineries in Phase 14, Zobeidi said, adding that a ship hit one of the platforms of Phase 13, which is being fixed and production in the platform will be resumed within the same year.
The manager went on to say that programs for initiating production in phases 22 and 24 in the South Pars Gas Field are on the agenda as well.
The first phase of the South Azadegan Oil Field is planned to target production of 220 barrels of oil until the end of this year, he noted.
Iranian government figures show production in South Pars, the world’s largest gas field which is shared between Iran and Qatar in the Persian Gulf, has nearly tripled in seven years to reach over 700 mcm a day.
That has allowed Iran to link many electricity stations and manufacturing units to natural gas while saving precious fuels like gas oil for the purpose of export.
Iran’s national gas pipeline network is currently expanding to reach remote and normally deprived regions near the Eastern and Southeastern borders.