Project Profile
Value: US$850 million
Location: Persian Gulf
Water Depth: 60 metres
Start-up Year: April 2005
Production: 56 MMscf/d of natural gas
Offshore Facilities:
Two production platforms, some 100 km far from the shore with 24 wells;
Two 32 inch offshore pipeline for transferring gas to the onshore refinery; and
Two 4.5 inch pipeline for transferring Glycol solution.
onshore Facilities:
A 56 inch pipeline of 67 km for transferring gas to the country gas trunk line;
A 30 inch pipeline for dispatching gas condensate from the reservoir to the condensate measurement station;
Gas and gas condensate receiving and separation unit, gas condensate stabilization, gas sweetening and dehydration unit;
Gas dew pointing unit, demercaptanisation and gas compression units for transfer;
Sulfur recovery and granulation; and Mono Ethylene Glycol regeneration unit.
The development operation of the phases was awarded to a consortium comprising of Eni of Italy (60%), Petronas of Malaysia (20%) and NIOC (20%) in July 2000.The refinery came onto stream officially on April 17, 2005 in presence of the then esteemed president of I.R.of Iran. Offshore production commenced in October 2004, ramping up to a daily production level of 14 MMcm/d.
Operators:
ENI: Operator with 60% interest
Petropars: 20% interest
NIOC: 20% interest
Contractors:
Hyundai: Gas treatment facility construction project
PIDECO: Steel structure fabrication
Sadra: EPC contract
Sub contractor:
Doris Engineering: Detailed engineering of two large wellhead platforms