During the 14th administration, the National Iranian Oil Company has taken steps to ensure a stable energy supply for the cold season by increasing gas production, developing gas fields, and enhancing storage capacity.
The Council of Deputies at the Ministry of Petroleum reviewed the reconstruction process for damaged facilities at South Pars, the development of oil and gas fields, and the plan for securing winter fuel supplies.
Criticizing the stalled proceedings regarding the pollution levies owed by the South Pars Gas Complex, the Head of the Bushehr Province Justice Department gave the provincial Tax Affairs Administration a two-week deadline to reactivate the case and facilitate the final and full settlement of the levies.
The Production and Operations Manager of the Pars Oil and Gas Company announced a reduction in the duration of major overhauls for gas platforms at the shared South Pars field, made possible by the launch of a specialized offshore valve repair workshop; he noted that the faster return of platforms to the production cycle preserves a daily gas capacity of 28 million cubic meters.
The manager of the South Pars Gas Complex’s 8th Refinery announced the completion of major overhauls for Phases 20 and 21 within nine days, stating that through process optimization, the downtime for each phase was reduced from 15 days last year to 4.5 days, allowing the refinery to return to production ahead of schedule.
Ashkan Asadi, head of engineering management at Pars Oil and Gas Company, emphasized the maximum production capacity in the upstream section of the South Pars Joint Field and said: "This field will continue to be the most important source of gas supply in the country's production portfolio in the next 10 to 15 years."
The CEO of Pars Oil and Gas Company announced efforts to complete the reconstruction of the Phase 14 refinery by the end of this year.
The South Pars Phase 14 development plan has gone through a period of ups and downs in the two years of the 14th government, which was accompanied by an increase in gas production capacity on the one hand and the difficult test of war on the other.
An agreement was signed on the refinery reconstruction plan for phases 9 and 10 of the South Pars Joint Field between Pars Oil and Gas Company and a consortium led by Bank Shahr.
The CEO of Pars Oil and Gas Company announced the 70 percent progress of the capacity restoration process at the South Pars Phase 14 refinery, saying: The restoration process of this refinery will be completed by the end of the year, and the damaged section will be fully put back into production.