SHANA -- Director of a project to drill wells at Phase 14 of the offshore South Pars gas field said 100,000 meters had been drilled in the phase for completing 14 wells.

According to the National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC), Hamidreza Shafiei Makvand said drilling operations were complete in the phase and 14 wells in platforms SPD14-A and SPD14-C were handed over to their clients.

He said a billion cubic feet of gas was supposed to be produced from the 14 wells in the phase.

Iran shares South Pars with Qatar in Persian Gulf waters.