TEHRAN (FNA)- A group of 30 experts from the International Gas Union (WOC2- gas storage) paid a visit to the development projects underway in Iran's South Pars gas field in Assalouyeh, Bushehr province.


The one-day visit included visits to refineries for under construction phases of 15 and 16, gas production process in refineries of numbers 4 and 5 as well as Nouri Petrochemical Complex in Pars Special Economic-Energy Zone, Pars Special Zone Website reported.

The group is also considering a feasibility study for investment in developing projects in Southern Pars.

WOC2 gas storage is affiliated to the International Gas Union (IGU) which was established in 1931 and now has members from 81 countries and its headquarter is in Oslo, Norway.

The WOC2 aims at providing key information regarding underground gas storage to both its members and decision makers.

The South Pars gas field covers an area of 9,700 square kilometers, 3,700 square kilometers of which are in Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. The remaining 6,000 square kilometers, i.e. the North Dome, are in Qatar's territorial waters.

The South Pars gas field holds 8 percent of total gas reserves of the world and half of the country's proven gas reserves as well as is the host of the most important industrial complexes of the country and the most important part of oil industry's value chain.

By Fars News Agency

 

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