Iran, China Agree on North Pars Gas Field Development

Iran and China have finalized their negotiations and reached an agreement on the development of the North Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf, local daily Tehran Times reported on May 19.
Iran’s Pars Oil and Gas Company’s (POGC) and China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) will sign the contract by August 31, 2007, the daily quoted POGC managing director Akbar Torkan as saying on Friday.
CNOOC has already signed a memorandum of understanding with National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) on upstream and downstream development of the gas field, which has been defined in four phases, the daily reported.
According to the negotiations, the phases are to produce 20 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year, Torkan said.
The North Pars gas field is located 85 km north of the giant South Pars gas field in the Gulf and has an estimated 80 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, according to the report.

(Rigzone) 

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