Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 44

1-Nov-2010

Sanctions Slow Irans Condensate Export Growth

Uncollected NGLs may block gas pipelines, Nick Wilson writes

Iran has boosted its gas output 50% in the past two years, by bringing on stream five phases of the South Pars field, but the condensate output from the developments has only risen 125,000 b/d instead of the expected 320,000 b/d due to incomplete gas processing facilities. Some uncollected natural gas liquids (NGLs) go into the...