The Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari, National Iranian Oil Company Managing Director Seyfollah Jashnsaz, Pars Oil and Gas Company Managing Director Ali Vakili, as well as the Norwegian, South Korean, and Malaysian ambassadors to Iran and some high ranking officials of the oil industry also attended the inauguration ceremony, the Mehr News Agency reported.
The mechanical components of the gas-fire refinery for South Pars phases 6, 7 and 8 have been installed and now the refinery is ready to come on stream.
Phases 6, 7 and 8 refinery is projected to produce 172,000 barrels of gas condensates, 4390 tons of liquid propane and butane, and 370 million cubic meters of ethane gas daily to be fed to the Assaluyeh petrochemical units. The extra 3.64 billion cubic meters of gas will be injected into Aghajari oil region’s wells.
South pars phases 9 and 10 will come on stream in a few months, too. The 5 phases will add some 50 million cubic meters to the country’s gas production capacity.