VOL. XLVI

No 8

24-February-2003

IRAN

Khatami Inaugurates South Pars Gasfield Phases 2 And 3

Irans President Mohammad Khatami officially inaugurated Phases 2 and 3 of the South Pars gasfield development in a ceremony at Assaluyeh on 15 February. The $2bn development program involved the drilling of 20 wells, the installation of two wellhead platforms and two 32in/105km multiphase pipelines to shore, and the construction of an onshore gas treatment plant at Assaluyeh. Dry gas is delivered from the...