ISOICO breaks gas-out platform record

Tehran, Dec 1, IRNA -- Iran Shipbuilding & Offshore Industries Complex Co (ISOICO) has broken the record for the start-up of gas-out platform, held by Norway’s Statoil, ISOICO manager has said. Hamid Rezaeian Asl said Statoil was reputed for installing gas-out platforms in six months and a half, but ISOICO managed to accomplish the task in South Pars Phases 15 and 16 in five months plus ten days. He said that hook-up, prestart-up and start-up have already been done in the two phases of the giant offshore gas field, shana.ir reported. Phases 15&16 of South Pars are being developed to produce 56.6 mcm/d of natural gas, 75,000 b/d of gas condensate, 400 tons a day of sulfur, 1.05 mt/year of liquefied petroleum gas and 1 mt/year of ethane for petrochemical plants. A consortium comprised of Iranian companies led by Arya Naft Shahab is developing these phases. South Pars, which Iran shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf, is supplying 72% of Iran’s daily gas needs./end