IGAT-10 To Come Online In December

Tehran, Oct 28, IRNA - Iran Gas Trunkline-10 (IGAT-10) is expected to become operational in December, managing-director of Iran Gas Engineering and Development Company said. Ali-Reza Gharibi said IGAT-10 is a strategic gas transmission pipeline of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC). He said that hydrostatic test is being conducted on 70 kilometers of the pipeline, adding that 11 kilometers of the pipeline still remains to be ready, shana.ir reported. IGAT-10, which is 632 kilometers long, can carry 70 mcm/d of gas. Three gas pressure booster stations are installed on IGAT-10 which stretches in central Iran. “By operating this trunkline, the gas transmission capacity and sustainability in central Iran will increase,” Gharibi said. Iran Gas Trunkline (IGAT) is the series of large diameter pipelines constructed from gas producing areas in the south of Iran (Khuzestan and Bushehr Provinces) in order to transfer natural gas to the consumption centers in northern part of the country. National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC)’s trunklines are to be extended to 35,000 kilometers in the current calendar year to March 2015. NIGC Planning Director Hassan Montazer Torbati has said that NIGC plans to extend Iran Gas Trunkline-10 (IGAT-10), IGAT-6 as well as to complete IGAT-4 and IGAT-8 stations. “The company is ready to transmit 80 mcm of gas this year and 100 mcm of gas next year,” he said. Extension of IGAT-6, IGAT-7 and IGAT-9 will facilitate gas exports to Europe, Iraq and Persian Gulf littoral states. While extending infrastructure in the country, NIGC plans to boost its presence in world markets. IGAT-6 and IGAT-9 are covering the west of Iran while preparing the grounds for exports to Iraq, Turkey and Europe. IGAT-7 will facilitate gas exports to Persian Gulf littoral states. The following sheds more light on IGAT 1-9: IGAT 1: 42 inches (1,070 mm) in diameter, was constructed between Bid-Boland Refinery in Khūzestān Province and Astara in North. IGAT 2: 56 inches (1,420 mm) in diameter, was constructed between Kangan Refinery in Fars Province and Qazvin in north. IGAT 3: 56 inches (1,420 mm) in diameter, was constructed between Asalouyeh and Central Province and ultimately to north west of the country. IGAT 4: 56 inches (1,420 mm) in diameter, transfers natural gas produced in South Pars phases 1 to 5 from Asalouyeh to Fars and Isfahan provinces. IGAT 5: 56 inches (1,420 mm) in diameter, transfers sour gas produced in phases 6, 7 and 8 to Khūzestān Province to be injected into the oil wells. IGAT 6: 56 inches (1,420 mm) in diameter, transfers natural gas produced in South Pars phases 6 to 10 from Asalouyeh to Khūzestān Province to be consumed there and in the west of the country. IGAT 7: 56 inches (1,420 mm) in diameter, interconnects east of Asalouyeh to Hormuzgān Province and Sar-Khoon Refinery and transfers natural gas produced in South Pars to Hormuzgān, Sistan, Baluchestan and Kermān provinces. IGAT 8: 56 inches (1,420 mm) in diameter, originates in east of Asalouyeh and passes by Parsian Refinery in Fars Province onto Isfahan Province and then to Qom Province. IGAT 9: (Europe Gas Export Line), 56 inches (1,420 mm) in diameter, originates in east of Asalouyeh and passes by western provinces (Khūzestān, Īlām, Kurdistan and Azerbaijan) and reaches to Turkey's border./end