South Pars Phase 16 Comes On Stream

Phase 16 of Iran’s giant South Pars gas field has become operational, according to Press TV.

Reza Forouzesh, the development manager of South Pars phases 15 and 16, said on Thursday that phase 16 supplied its first delivery of sweet gas, measuring 7.5 million cubic meters (mcm), to the trunkline.

Output of phases 15 and 16 will hit 23 mcm per day once three gas desalting installations become operational, he said, reported Press TV.

South Pars phases 15 and 16 are projected to yield 56.6 mcm of natural gas and 75,000 barrels of gas condensate per day.

South Pars covers an area of 9,700 square kilometers, 3,700 square kilometers of which are in Iran’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. The remaining 6,000 square kilometers are situated in Qatar’s territorial waters.