BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 16. Iran has launched an
emergency plan to increase natural gas production from its onshore
fields.
This was stated by Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad in
comments to local media.
According to Paknejad, the plan focuses on maximizing output
from existing gas fields by utilizing all available production
capacity.
He said the fields in question fall under the Central Oil Zones
Company, which oversees oil and gas assets across multiple
provinces in Iran. According to the minister, the objective is to
fully leverage existing infrastructure to raise production across
all operational fields.
Paknejad added that oil and gas operations continued without
interruption during periods of conflict, including what he
described as a 12-day war last year and a 40-day war this year,
with ongoing development work across the sector.
He also said work continues at Iran’s joint South Pars gas
field, known as North Dome in Qatar, as well as at other offshore
platforms.
According to Iranian officials, the Central Oil Zones Company
manages 84 oil and gas fields across 11 provinces. So far, 13 gas
fields and 13 oil fields have been developed.
The company’s maximum production capacity is estimated at about
250,000 barrels of crude oil per day and 250 million cubic meters
of gas per day, according to official figures.
