SHANA -- The CEO of the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC) said the company’s plans to boost crude oil production from South Azadegan was on the go despite all the restrictions.

According to PEDEC, Touraj Dehghani said plans were under way to launch a mobile processing unit in South Azadegan Oilfield parallel with the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in February.

“We are making every effort to accelerate implementation of projects in the field and other national projects that our company is carrying out,” the official said.

He further stated that the best of domestic potentialities were being tapped for completion of PEDEC projects despite all the restrictions imposed on the Iranian oil industry.

Once the mobile processing unit comes online in South Azadegan, the joint field’s oil production capacity will increase by 50,000 b/d.