Iran opens first infill well at South Pars gas field
Iran has started gas production from a first infill well in its largest gas field in the Persian Gulf amid efforts to boost supply from the field to respond to a growing demand for energy in the country.
CEO of the state-run Pars Oil & Gas Company Touraj Dehghani said on Monday that the launch of the infill well in South Pars will increase gas production in the field by 2 million cubic meters (mcm) per day.
Dehghani said the well, launched in phase 12 of South Pars, is the first of 35 infill wells planned for the giant gas field.
The so-called infill drilling is the addition of wells in a hydrocarbon field to decrease well spacing and accelerate the recovery of oil and gas from reservoirs.
Oil Ministry authorities said in late December that they had installed two more drilling rigs in South Pars to speed up the infill drilling project in the field.
Officials say the project will increase output from the field by 36 mcm per day.
Iran is currently producing 716 mcm per day of gas in South Pars, the world’s largest gas reserve which is shared between Iran and Qatar.
The output is responsible for more than 70% of Iran’s total gas production.
The Iranian government has introduced major plans to maintain and increase gas production from South Pars amid a growing demand for gas in the country’s household, industry, and electricity generation sectors.
Last week, four Iranian companies were awarded some $17 billion worth of contracts to start pressure-boosting projects in the field.
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