South Pars maintenance complete

Iran

TEHRAN, November 7, 2017 – Maintenance operations at Iran’s South Pars gasfield have been completed, Pars Oil and Gas Company announced Monday. 

The works on 17 platforms were conducted over 179 days and are expected to help keep production steady through the winter months.  

Earlier this week, it was announced that Total had begun its work on the South Pars phase 11 project. The continued development of the field, expected to be completed over the next year and a half, is among the Oil Ministry’s priorities laid out in a decree by President Hassan Rouhani in September.

South Pars is part of the world’s largest gasfield, which straddles the Iran-Qatar maritime boundary. The field is estimated to hold 51 tcm (1,800 tcf) in gas reserves and its development has been planned in 24 geographical areas known as phases.

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