TEHRAN July 1 (Shana)--The Automatic Valves Unit of the Fifth Gas Transfer District succeeded in repairing a pipeline leak without discharging gas from a 20-kilometer gas pipeline.
�Manager of the 5th Gas Transfer District Saeed Tavakoli made the remarks, adding the successful operations also made discharging of one million cubic meters of gas and suspending gas flow unnecessary.



According to Tavakoli any damage to joints in the point of leakage could inflict great financial and human losses; so after a thorough study the experts of Automatic Valves Unit decided to repair the leaking spot without discharging gas by relying on their experience and knowledge.

He said discharging one million cubic meters of gas could also cause environmental consequences.
Manager of the Fifth Gas Transfer District Saeed Tavakoli also told Shana on Monday that the district was delivering gas to other parts of the country on a safe and sustainable manner despite ongoing overhaul in some of its facilities.

Tavakoli said even though a gas compressor is out of service for overhauling, 17 other gas compressors are fully operational in order to continue sustainable delivery of gas to other parts of the country.
The Fifth Gas Transfer District as the furthest southern gas district of the country starts from the shores of Persian Gulf in Bushehr province and its gas pipelines pass from Fars province and parts of Kohkilouyeh va Boyer Ahmad province before they join the Second Gas Transfer District in Esfahan province.
Covering 4500 kilometers of gas pipelines with different diameters, the Fifth District, is an important and strategic gas network because it is responsible for transferring of 70 percent of gas for use in the country.

By SHANA

 

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