South Pars Gas Field
South Pars gas field is the largest independent gas reserve
in the world which is shared by Iran and Qatar. The field is 105 kilometers away
from the Pars Special Economic Energy Zone. The reservoir
covers 9,700 square
kilometers in total with 3,700 square
kilometers belonging to Iran. According
to latest figures, the field contains more than 51 trillion cubic meters of natural
gas. It stands for about 48 percent of
Iran’s confirmed reserves.
Considering the vast area of this gas field, its development
was planned in several phases. The aim of developing of South Pars is supplying
the increasing demand for the natural gas required for the country’s domestic consumption,
injecting gas into the oil fields, and
exporting gas and condensates. Supplying gas as feedstock
for the petrochemical industry is on the agenda of the National Iranian Oil
Company (NIOC).
The field is already being developed in different phases; so
far 14 gas processing
plants have been planned. With regards to the reservoir’s capacity, the
development phases can increase to 28
phases or even more to further develop the giant gas field.
Meanwhile, 15 huge
petrochemical complexes and a wide range of downstream petrochemical units, different related
industries, semi-heavy industries, marine industries and considerable number of service
related facilities are predicted in this zone.
South Pars Development Plan; Phase 1
The contract for the development of this phase was awarded
to the Iranian company Petro Pars as a general contractor in Feburary 1998. Investment value on
this project is USD910 milion on
buyback basis.
After completion of all offshore and onshore facilities,
operation of its first unit has been started in April 2004.It took some more months for this
phase to be fully operational in November 2004.
South Pars Development Plan; Phase 3 & 2
The development of these two phases were awarded to the
consortium of TOTAL of France, Petronas of Malaysia, and Gasprom of
Russia with the management of Total South Pars (TSP) on September 1997. Total investment value of these
two phases is more than USD2 billion on buyback basis. This project was inaugurated
in February 2003.
South Pars Development Plan; Phase 5 & 4
Development of this project started in August 2000 by investing
about USD2
billionon buyback contract by the Italian Agip Company (a
subsidiary of ENI of Italy) and Iranian company Petro Pars.
This project was officially inaugurated in April 23, 2005.
South Pars Development Plan; Phase 8 & 7 ,6
Development of the phases which aimed at injecting sour gas
into oil wells at Aghajari oil field, was started in February 2004 by investing
about USD 1,964 billion on
buyback contract. The project was awarded to a consortium comprising of the Industrial Development & Renovation
Organization (IDRO), Petro Pars of Iran, Toyo and JGC of Japan, and South
Korea’s Daelim. The phases started production in 2008.
South Pars Development Plan; Phase 10& 9
The contracts for phases 9 and 10 were signed in September 2002 with a consortium of GS, Oil Industries Engineering and
Construction (OIEC) of Iran, and Iranian
Offshore Engineering and Construction Company(IOEC). The investment value of these two phases were more than USD 2 billion.
Both phases started production in 2009, and produce 5.56 million
cmd of gas.
South Pars Development Plan; Phase 11
Development of South Pars phase 11 aims at supplying sour gas for Iran
LNG Plant. This project is awarded through a buyback
contract to the CNPC of China.
South Pars Development Plan; Phase 12
Development of South Pars phase 12 is designed to produce 78 million cubic meters of gas daily.
Nearly 56 million cubic
meters of produced gas will be feed to NIOC LNG, and the sour gas will
be injected to the oil fields.Rest of the production would be transferred
for the country’s domestic consumption.
South Pars Development Plan; Phase 13
Development project for South Pars phase 13 is designed
to supply required sour gas for Iran LNG project.
South Pars Development Plan; Phase 14
Development project of this phase is under study. The phase's production capacity is
assessed at two billion cubic feet per day. A refinery
would be constructed in this phase to produce 50 million cmd treated gas, 1.1 million tons
annually of liquid gas for export, 77,000
bd of condensates for export, and
one million ton of Ethan annually.
South Pars Development Plan; Phase 16 & 15
Development of South Pars phases 15 and 16 are designed to produce 50 millions cubic meters of natural
gas, 80,000 barrels of
condensate, 400 tons of
Sulphur per day, and 1.05 million tons of
LPG, and 1 million tons of Ethan
annually to be supplied to petrochemical plants.
South Pars gas Development Plan; Phase 18 & 17
Development of South Pars phases 17 and 18 are designed to produce 50 million
cubic meters of natural gas, 80,000 barrels of
condensate, 400 tons of Sulfur per day, and production of one million tons of
Ethan and 1.05 million tons of
LPG per year.
South Pars Development Plan; Phase 19
The production
capacity of this phase is two billion cfd. A refinery also is planned to be
constructed at this phase which would produce 50 million cmd of treated gas,
1.1 million tons of liquid gas annually, 77,000 bpd gas condensates, and one
million ton of Ethan per year.
South Pars Development Plan; Phase 20 & 21
These two phases are planned to be awarded to domestic
contractors through EPCCS contract. These phases aim to supply 50 million cmd of
gas for domestic consumption, recycle one million ton of Ethan each year,
recycle 1.05 million ton liquid gas per year, production of 75.000 bpd of
treated sulfur, and recycle of 400 tons of sulfur per day.
South Pars Development Plan; Phase 22, 23 & 24
Total production capacity of these phases is two billion
cfd. A refinery also is planned to be
constructed at these phases which would produce 50 million cmd of treated gas,
1.1 million tons of liquid gas annually, 77,000 bpd gas condensates, and one
million ton of Ethan per year.