Iran says the value of gas condensate exports from the country’s Southern Pars gas field in the southern city of Asalouyeh has hit three billion dollars.

“In the first six months of the year (April 21-October 22), 5,319,463 tons of miscellaneous gas condensate products from the operating phases in the Southern Pars (gas field), worth USD 2,966,502, have been exported through Pars Port Complex,” Managing Director of Pars Special Economic Energy Zone Moussa Souri told Shana news agency on Wednesday.
The figures indicate a 50-percent growth in the volume of the products and a 74-percent jump in their value compared with the same period in 2009.
Souri said the products exported in the six-mouth period from the economic energy zone amounted to eight million tons with a total value of USD 5.177 billion. Non-oil products accounted for USD 2.210 billion of the total exports.
“The exports from the Southern Pars include namely light and heavy polyethylene, gas condensates, propane, butane, benzene, paraxylene, and other valuable products that have been exported to various countries across Asia and Europe,” he explained.
The Iranian official said more than 230 tons of equipment, worth over USD 783 million, was purchased and imported through the special zone’s customs channels in the April-October period.
The figures reflect a seven-percent increase in value and an 88-percent hike in weight of the imported equipment.
(Source: Press TV)