BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 19
By Elnur Baghishov - Trend
The volume of gas flaring at the plant No. 3 of the South Pars Gas Complex in Iran has decreased by more than 10 million cubic meters in the last Iranian year (from March 21, 2019 to March 20, 2020), said Mohammad Shafi-Moazzeni, the director of 3rd South Pars Refinery, Trend reports citing official website of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).
According to Moazzeni, efforts are underway to reduce gas flaring by 70 percent at the plant.
Moazzeni added that the three-year program envisages a reduction of 20 million cubic meters of flare gas combustion.
The official said that reduction of waste production, reuse of waste are among the activities of the plant.
"Reduction of air pollution, reduction of flare gas and acid gas combustion are in the plant's program. In order to improve the performance of the sulfur section, it is planned to reduce 1,000 tons of acid gas this year," he said.
The South Pars gas field is a joint gas field of Iran and Qatar. The proven reserves of the South Pars Gas Field have reached 51 trillion cubic meters of gas (36 trillion extractable). At present, Iran's daily gas production from the South Pars gas field is more than 700 million cubic meters.
Around 75 percent of Iran's gas is supplied by this field.
Gas from Iran's South Pars gas field is transported to refineries in the Pars Special Energy Economic Zone in the port city of Asaluyeh in Iran's southern Bushehr province via a pipeline.
