Iran striving to pull out platform drowned in Persian Gulf
Experts at Iran's Pars Oil and Gas Company are making attempts
to pull out the offshore platform of the phase 13 of the South Pars
gas field, which was drowned on Tuesday in the Persian Gulf
waters,Trend news agency reported referring to Mehr news
agency.
The pull out operations of the 1300-ton platform are facing with
problems due to bad weather, Mehr quoted the company's deputy
managing director Sepehr Sepehri as saying.
Fars news agency reported that the platform has drowned while being
installed.
About $40 million had been spent to build the platform.
The phase 13 of the South Pars field is projected to yield 50
million cubic meters of gas, 80,000 barrels of gas condensates,
2900 tons of LPG, and 400 tons of sulfur per day.
In June 2012, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi ordered an investment of
more than $26 billion in development projects in the South Pars gas
field for the current Iranian calendar year which started on March
20, 2012.
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