$9 billion worth of gas condensates exported via Assalouyeh

TEHRAN,April 10(MNA) - Iran exported over 12.2 million tons of gas condensates, worth around $9.1 billion, via southern Assalouyeh Port, in the past calendar year which ended on March 19, said Pars Special Economy and Energy Zone’s managing director. Ahmad Pourheydar added that the exports grew by 16 percent and 43 percent in terms of weight and value respectively compared to the figures in the year before. China, Japan, UAE, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Turkey, Romania, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Afghanistan were the main destinations for the exports, he said. He also said that some 328,000 tons of goods, worth around $2.5 billion, were imported via Assalouyeh last year. Energy experts believe that exports of gas condensates from Iran will rise significantly by 2015. Iran’s gas condensate exports reached below 200,000 barrels per day during 2010, the report said, adding that the figure would be increased to 400-500 thousand barrels by 2015. The experts believe that Asian refineries, mainly in China, South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand, will boost imports of gas condensates till 2020, the report further said. The Iranian Customs Administration director Abbas Memarnejad told on March 2 that non-oil exports (including gas condensates) amounted to 68.6 million tons, valued at $39 billion in the mentioned period of time, showing 28.5 percent rise year on year.