TEHRAN, June 22 (Shana) � Platform 18B of Phases 17&18 of the supergiant South Pars Gas Field will be loaded from Bandar Abbas Yard on Thursday, June 23, 2016.

The topside will recover 500 million cubic feet/day of natural gas from the two phases.

Construction of the structure by Iranian manufacturers saved the country some $85m, said Babak Abbaspour, managing director of Persian Gulf Mobin Sazeh Gostar Company.

The 2,300-ton structure will inject 12.5 mcm/d of sweet gas to the national gas network. Moreover, it will recover 20,000 b/d of gas condensate and 100 tons/day of sulfur.

By SHANA