TEHRAN – A South Pars Gas Complex Company (SPGC) official on Sunday announced that gas extraction from in South Pars (SP) reserves showed a 24 percent growth in Iranian calendar month of Azar (started Nov. 22) when compared to that of its preceding month.

Mohammadreza Julaii put the reason of the rise at annual repair and an increase in the refineries’ capacity.
Talking to reporters, he said four billion cubic meters of sour gas was derived from phases 1-5 and treated by refineries 1-3 of South Pars from Nov. 22 to Dec. 21.
He put the refined gas of the complex at 3.7 billion cubic meters, adding of the figure 73 million and 24 million cubic meters was transported to Pars Petrochemical Complex and Phase 6 respectively and the remaining was injected into the national grid after undergoing sweetening process.
The official said that 4.7 million barrels of gas condensates were exported by tankers.
The shared South Pars field in the Persian Gulf is the world’s largest gas reserve, holding 50 percent and 9 percent of gas reserves of Iran and world respectively