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Iran, Turkmenistan Start Gas Exploitation Operation in Joint Field
TEHRAN (FNA)-Tehran and Ashgabat have started exploiting a joint sweet gas field, named Gonbadli, in Northeastern Iran, officials announced on Wednesday.
"The plan to increase gas extraction from Iran-Turkmenistan joint field located in the Northeastern parts of the country has been put into effect," Managing-Director of Shahid Hasheminejad Gas Refining Company Massoud Hassani said on Wednesday.
Hassani also reiterated that the field has a production capacity of 700,000c/m of sweet gas per day, adding that the extracted gas will be used in the furnaces and boilers of the operation unit after being transferred to the refinery.
Iran sits on the world's second-largest natural gas reserves after Russia and has also sought to promote itself as a transit route for oil and gas from Central Asian states.
Iran possesses roughly 10 percent of the world's total proven petroleum reserves as well.
In January, Managing-Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) NIGC Javad Oji said that the country plans to further develop its gas fields and build more gas pipelines after the company inked several lucrative contracts in 2010.
The Iranian and Turkmen officials have in their recent meetings agreed to boost gas cooperation between the two countries after launching a new joint gas pipeline project which is due to increase Iran's gas imports from the Central Asian state.
Late in November, Ahmadinejad and his Turkmen counterpart inaugurated the last section of a 1.2-billion-dollar gas pipeline between the two countries.
The 1024-km-pipeline has a daily capacity of 50 mcm. The 48-inch diameter pipeline allows Iran to swap Turkmen gas to other countries.
The first phase of the pipeline came on stream in January 2010 to deliver gas from Turkmenistan's Dauletabad field to Iran's Khangiran refinery.
The second pipeline which passes through Dauletabad, Sarakhs and Khangiran regions was constructed after Iran felt extensive problems in supplying gas to its Northern parts.
"The plan to increase gas extraction from Iran-Turkmenistan joint field located in the Northeastern parts of the country has been put into effect," Managing-Director of Shahid Hasheminejad Gas Refining Company Massoud Hassani said on Wednesday.
Hassani also reiterated that the field has a production capacity of 700,000c/m of sweet gas per day, adding that the extracted gas will be used in the furnaces and boilers of the operation unit after being transferred to the refinery.
Iran sits on the world's second-largest natural gas reserves after Russia and has also sought to promote itself as a transit route for oil and gas from Central Asian states.
Iran possesses roughly 10 percent of the world's total proven petroleum reserves as well.
In January, Managing-Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) NIGC Javad Oji said that the country plans to further develop its gas fields and build more gas pipelines after the company inked several lucrative contracts in 2010.
The Iranian and Turkmen officials have in their recent meetings agreed to boost gas cooperation between the two countries after launching a new joint gas pipeline project which is due to increase Iran's gas imports from the Central Asian state.
Late in November, Ahmadinejad and his Turkmen counterpart inaugurated the last section of a 1.2-billion-dollar gas pipeline between the two countries.
The 1024-km-pipeline has a daily capacity of 50 mcm. The 48-inch diameter pipeline allows Iran to swap Turkmen gas to other countries.
The first phase of the pipeline came on stream in January 2010 to deliver gas from Turkmenistan's Dauletabad field to Iran's Khangiran refinery.
The second pipeline which passes through Dauletabad, Sarakhs and Khangiran regions was constructed after Iran felt extensive problems in supplying gas to its Northern parts.
