Head of South Pars Gas Complex said on Sunday that 103.522 billion cubic meters of sour gas were extracted from South Pars joint field since mid-March, 2015.

Masoud Hassani reiterated that the extracted gas was sweetened in the refineries of South Pars gas field, IRNA reported.

He added that over 80.944 bcm of sweetened gas has been produced and injected into national grid during the mentioned period.

South Pars, divided into 29 development phases, contains 40 trillion cubic meters (tcm) of natural gas.

It covers an area of 9,700 square kilometers, 3,700 square kilometers of which belongs to Iran. The remaining 6,000 square kilometers are situated in Qatar’s territorial waters.

The gas field is estimated to contain about eight percent of the world’s reserves, and approximately 18 billion barrels of condensate.

The latest section to finish in South Pars was Phase 12 which was put on stream last March.

Also, a local consortium led by engineering powerhouse Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company is in charge of the development of SP Phases 15 and 16.The development of the phases began in 2006.