VOL. XXXV

NO. 12/13

23/30-DECEMBER-1991

Iran

Iran's Aghazadeh Estimates South Pars Gas Resrves at 100 Trillion CubicFeet

Iran's Oil Minister, Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh, has estimated therecoverable gas reserves in the newly discovered South Pars offshore gasfieldat a gigantic 100 trillion cubic feet. In an announcement to the officialIranian news agency IRNA on 17 December, Mr. Aghazadeh also stated that theSouth Pars structure - which is an extension in Iranian waters of Qatar's hugeNorth gasfield...