Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 49

5-Dec-2011

Iran Announces 10,000 B/D GTL Project, But Faces Hurdles

Iran will build a 10,000 b/d gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, Minister of Petroleum Rostam Qasemi announced on 27 November. The feedstock will come from South Pars gas field, whose Phases 15, 16, 17, and 18 will start up in the next Iranian calendar year, he said. Question marks hang over the project, however, of financing, technology and South Pars development, Nick Wilson writes.

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