South Pars Reservoir Faces Challenges

Production capacity at the giant South Pars gas field is running at 5.7-5.8bn cfd, but Tehran hopes eventually to boost this to close to 30bn cfd, which will see it eclipse the neighboring North field as the world’s most prolific gas field. But Iran’s plans face substantial challenges. Already wellhead output has dropped by 50% in the new Phases 13 and 14, possibly due to Qatar’s extraction on its side of the shared field. And worries...