petrochemical exports accounts for one third of Iran's non-oil exports which can cross 35% in the near future, a petrochemical official says.
Plans are under way to launch phases 17 and 18 of the supergiant South Pars gas field during the H2 of the current calendar year which began on March 20, a senior energy official said.
Managing director of Pars Special Economic Energy Zone ( PSEEZ) said the zone has flared only 4.5 mcm/week of gas in the first three months of the current calendar year.
Iran inked the first post-sanctions petrochemical contract with a Swiss firm for construction of finishing unit of a petrochemical company in Assaluyeh.
Iranian Minister of Petroleum, Bijan Zangeneh, appointed Ali Kardor as the new head of the National Iranian Oil Company ( NIOC) on Sunday.
Iran's Jam Petrochemical Company (JPC) has started export of products including polypropylene to Europe from the final months of previous Persian year (ended March 19, 2016), the company's senior official said.
Completion of South Pars and development of joint oil and gas fields are still top priorities, newly appointed Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Company ( NIOC) Ali Kardor said on Monday.
Platform A of phase 19 of the supergiant south pars gas field will be loaded for delivery to its designated offshore spot.
Iran will add over half a million cubic meters of sour gas to its daily output once all phases of the supergiant South Pars gas field become operational.
phase 19 of the supergiant south pars gas field which Iran shares with neighboring Qatar in Persian Gulf waters has made over 93% progress, operator of the phase said.
