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201584
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 11:48
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Official Urges Stronger Role for Iranian Companies in Oil Projects
TEHRAN (FNA)- Director-General of Iran's Engineering and Development Company Naji Saadouni stressed that Iranian companies enjoy necessary capabilities to implement oil development projects, and called for their stronger role in oil projects.
"We must trust Iranian contractors and provide for their presence in country's oil projects," Saadouni said on the sidelines of signing a contract for completion of phase 3 of Darkhovin oil filed.
Referring to presence of Iranian firms in Phase 3 of Darkhovin oilfield, the official stated, "Presently Iran has high potentials in upper-hand oil industries and there is only the case of acquiring some modern technologies and provision of the monetary funds in which we have problems."
As regards development projects in Darkhovin oil fields, Saadouni stated, "In Phase 3 Project of Darkhovin we considered no special conditions in favor of the Iranian contractors compared to the foreign contractors, and since our negotiations with the Italian firm ENI did not lead to tangible results, we gave the job to the Iranians."
In February 2011, Iran inaugurated the second phase of Darkhovin oil field development project.
The second phase was opened to increase the production capacity from 50,000 bpd to 160,000 bpd and also to produce 280mln cubic feet of natural gas.
Darkhovin, a field in Southwest Iran near the Iraqi border, was being developed by Italy's oil and gas group Eni for Iran's Arvandan Oil and Gas Company, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).
Eni signed a $550 million deal with Iran's state oil company in 2001 to develop the field. It brought the first phase on line in 2005 and then started its work in the second phase.
"We must trust Iranian contractors and provide for their presence in country's oil projects," Saadouni said on the sidelines of signing a contract for completion of phase 3 of Darkhovin oil filed.
Referring to presence of Iranian firms in Phase 3 of Darkhovin oilfield, the official stated, "Presently Iran has high potentials in upper-hand oil industries and there is only the case of acquiring some modern technologies and provision of the monetary funds in which we have problems."
As regards development projects in Darkhovin oil fields, Saadouni stated, "In Phase 3 Project of Darkhovin we considered no special conditions in favor of the Iranian contractors compared to the foreign contractors, and since our negotiations with the Italian firm ENI did not lead to tangible results, we gave the job to the Iranians."
In February 2011, Iran inaugurated the second phase of Darkhovin oil field development project.
The second phase was opened to increase the production capacity from 50,000 bpd to 160,000 bpd and also to produce 280mln cubic feet of natural gas.
Darkhovin, a field in Southwest Iran near the Iraqi border, was being developed by Italy's oil and gas group Eni for Iran's Arvandan Oil and Gas Company, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).
Eni signed a $550 million deal with Iran's state oil company in 2001 to develop the field. It brought the first phase on line in 2005 and then started its work in the second phase.
