SP 6th refinery feedstock to increase 42% by Mar. 2021

TEHRAN- The feedstock supplied to the sixth refinery of the South Pars gas field will be increased by 42 percent by the next Iranian calendar year (begins on March 21, 2021), IRNA reported.

Reducing South Pars overhaul time saves Iran over $55m

TEHRAN - Director of Technical Inspection at South Pars Gas Complex says reducing the time of the complexes annual overhaul operations has saved the country 2.35 trillion rials (over $55 million).

BY Ebrahim Fallahi

Missing out on LNG market Iran needs to take action

TEHRAN – Last week, Qatar Petroleum announced the start of drilling operations for the development of its North Field (known in Iran as South Pars) gas field, in which the company plans to drill 80 new wells to increase the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) production capacity by 43 percent to reach 110 million tons per annum (Mtpa).

Coronavirus not to interrupt South Pars development projects: POGC

TEHRAN – Managing director of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), which is in charge of developing Iran’s giant South Pars gas field, says the coronavirus pandemic is not going to interfere with the field’s development projects, Shana reported.

South Pars gas output ‘more than projected’

TEHRAN – All of the platforms of Iran’s South Pars gas field are operating in full swing so that their total output has exceeded the figure projected by the Oil Ministry’s approved plan, IRNA reported, quoting the operation and production manager of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) which is in charge of the development of the field.

By Ebrahim Fallahi

South Pars gas field: Crown jewel of Iran’s gas industry

TEHRAN – As the crown jewel of Iran’s energy industry, the giant South Pars gas field (which Iran shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf) has nearly reached its full potential and Iran’s gas production from the field is said to have surpassed that of the rival Qatar.

‘South Pars phase 11 development operations to start soon’

TEHRAN - National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)’s deputy director for development and engineering affairs says the development operations of South Pars gas field’s phase 11 of development are going to be started in near future, Shana reported.

Iran’s gas output to hit record high by mid-March: Zanganeh

TEHRAN – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Monday that the country’s daily gas production is going to reach one billion cubic meters (mcm) by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 19) when all the South Pars phases go operational.

South Pars gas field’s steady output at 630mcm per day

TEHRAN - Managing Director of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), which is in charge of developing South Pars gas field, says all the field’s platforms are currently operational and producing 630 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas every day, Shana reported.

South Pars daily gas production capacity up 14mcm

TEHRAN – Daily gas production from Iran’s giant South Pars gas field (in the Persian Gulf) has increased by 14 million cubic meters (mcm), IRNA reported on Tuesday, quoting deputy operator of the phases 22-24 development project.

All SP phases’ offshore pipeline installations completed

TEHRAN – Managing director of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), which is in charge of developing Iran’s South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf, said the offshore pipelines for all the remaining phases of the field have been installed and will go operational by end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 19, 2020).

South Pars daily gas production soon to reach 680 mcm

TEHRAN- The daily production of gas in Iran’s South Pars gas field will reach over 680 million cubic meters (mcm) in near future, the managing director of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), which is in charge of developing the field, announced.

‘All remaining South Pars platforms to be installed by March 2020’

TEHRAN – Head of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), which is in charge of developing Iran’s South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf, said all the remaining platforms of the field will be installed by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 19, 2020).

3rd platform of SP phases 22-24 loaded

TEHRAN- Platform SPD-23, which is the third platform of the phases 22, 23, 24 of South Pars gas field (in the Persian Gulf) development project was loaded at Sadra yard in the southwestern province of Bushehr on Wednesday.

‘NIOC still negotiating South Pars phase 11 project with CNPC’

TEHRAN - Managing Director of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) Mohammad Meshkinfam said National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) is still in talks with China’s CNPC regarding the phase 11 project of developing South Pars gas filed, ILNA reported.

SP phase 14 refinery’s 1st unit to go operational by late Oct.

TEHRAN – Managing director of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) said the first unit of South Pars gas field’s phase 14 refinery will be operational by the end of the seventh Iranian calendar month of Mehr (October 22), IRNA reported.

Third platform of South Pars phase 14 installed on offshore spot

TEHRAN- Platform 14B of Iran’s South Pars gas field (in the Persian Gulf) was installed on its designated offshore spot on Saturday, Public Relations Department of Pars Oil and Gas Company, which is in charge of developing the gas field, announced.

4 South Pars platforms go through overhaul operations

TEHRAN – Platforms of phases 4 and 5 as well as 10 and 16 of the South Pars gas field (which Iran shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf) have gone through overhaul operation successfully, Shana reported on Sunday.

South Pars daily gas production to rise 60 mcm by March 2020

TEHRAN- Daily gas production in South Pars gas field (Iran shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf) will be increased by 60 million cubic meters (mcm) by the end of current Iranian calendar year (March 19, 2020), according to the managing director of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC).

South Pars phases 4, 5 go through overhaul operations

TEHRAN - The overhaul operations of the phases 4 and 5 of the giant South Pars gas filed (which Iran shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf) has finished and the mentioned phases are operating at their optimum level, Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday, quoting a refinery official.

South Pars annual gas output up 12%

TEHRAN-Production of gas in South Pars gas field (Iran shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf) rose 12 percent in the past Iranian calendar year 1397 (ended on March 20, 2019) from its previous year, according to the managing director of South Pars Gas Company.

Iraq rebuffs U.S. demands to stop buying energy from Iran

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi has reiterated his country’s opposition to sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran.

Iran’s petrochemical plants fully operational during cold season

TEHRAN – With South Pars gas field’s new phases going operational, the required feedstock for all the country’s petrochemical plants will be supplied during the cold season and none of them will stop production, Shana reported quoting an official with the National Petrochemical Company (NPC).

Trump’s Iran sanctions create a triple threat to the West

The South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf was an offshore discovery that, for oilmen, is the stuff of dreams. The largest natural gas field in the world, it stretches across the maritime border between Iran and Qatar. American economic sanctions, however, had kept it off-limits to Western energy companies for years. When the U.S. and other world powers negotiated the 2015 nuclear deal, that unlocked the potential bounty. The French oil giant Total soon signed a deal to help develop a key portion of the field and started work last year. Then Donald Trump was elected. His administration pulled out of the deal and, in late November, imposed severe economic penalties—again. Facing the threat of “secondary sanctions”—U.S. sanctions on any foreign companies doing business in Iran—Total withdrew from the South Pars, deciding, as many European companies have, that access to the U.S. market remains more important than deals in Iran. In Total’s wake, though, came the China National Petroleum Corp., a state-owned giant based in Beijing. “It’s a gift to China,” says a longtime Total adviser not authorized to speak publicly, “and a self-inflicted wound for the West.”

Third train of SP phases 22-24 sweetening refinery comes online

TEHRAN- The third train of sweetening refinery of phases 22, 23 and 24 of Iran’s South Pars gas field was put into operation and the phases are ready to receive sour gas, operator of the phases announced.

France's Total officially leaves South Pars deal: Zanganeh

TEHRAN - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Monday that France’s Total has officially withdrawn from South Pars gas deal, Iranian state TV reported.

Flare stack of SP phase 14 platform lights

TEHRAN- Flare stack of the first platform of Iran’s South Pars gas field’s phase 14 of development was lighted on Saturday.

First train of SP phases 22-24 sweetening refinery comes online

TEHRAN- The first train of sweetening refinery of phases 22, 23 and 24 of Iran’s South Pars gas field was put into operation and the phases are ready to receive sour gas, according to the operator of the phases.

SP platform 14A loaded at Bandar Abbas yard

TEHRAN-  Platform 14A of Iran’s South Pars gas field (in the Persian Gulf) was loaded at Bandar Abbas yard in south of the country on Tuesday.

SP platform 14A to be installed on Jan. 10

TEHRAN- Platform 14A of Iran’s South Pars gas field (in the Persian Gulf) is projected to be installed on its designated offshore spot on January 20-22, according to the operator of South Pars phase 14 development plan.