TEHRAN – Pars Oil and Gas Company has brought into operation the onshore section of a new 32-inch pipeline from South Pars Phase 16, aimed at strengthening gas transmission and easing supply imbalances, the company said on Friday.

The project consists of a 115-kilometer pipeline, including 110 kilometers offshore and five kilometers onshore, linking the SPD-16 platform at the shared South Pars gas field to the sixth refinery complex.

Nematollah Shahrouyi, head of the pipeline construction project, said the offshore laying of the line had already been completed, while the final five-kilometer onshore stretch was recently finished.

The pipeline has a daily capacity of 28.3 million cubic meters of rich gas and required more than €155 million ($173 million) in investment.

Shahrouyi praised the cooperation of the Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company and the South Pars Gas Complex, noting that the project was carried out entirely with domestic expertise and contractors.

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