Iran’s South Pars Refinery Produces over 10 Million Tons of Ethane
"Through high-quality maintenance and innovative efforts by our domestic experts and staff, the refinery produced more than 10 million tons of ethane in the same nine-month period," Behzad Salari said.
The refinery processed 2 billion cubic meters of gas during this time, alongside the production of 360,000 tons of propane and 240,000 tons of butane, Salari noted.
A report revealed in late November that over $80 billion has been invested in plans and projects since the establishment of the South Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) in 1998 to develop the shared South Pars gas field which.
“The most important asset of the company is the massive accumulation of project management knowledge in it, and we hope to use it to overcome the challenges facing projects and adequately meet the country’s gas needs,” said Hamidreza Masoudi, the acting deputy for development projects at the company.
The South Pars gas field (known as the North Dome on the Qatari side) is one of the largest gas fields in the world. It is located 100 kilometers off the southern coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf and is shared between Iran and Qatar. The field covers an area of 9,700 square kilometers.
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