VOL. XLV

No 27

8-July-2002

IRAN

Iran Starts LayingSouth Pars Phase 1 Offshore Pipeline

Domesticcontractor Iran Maritime Installations Construction and Engineering Company hasbegun laying the pipeline from the South Pars Phase 1 development in the Gulfto the gas processing plant at Assaluyeh. A report byofficial news agency IRNA on 1 July described the operation as the firstoffshore gas pipelaying project to be carried out accordingto Iranian engineering plans. South Pars Phase 1 development is...