Operator of Phase 13 of the supergiant South Pars gas field said the onshore refinery of the phase would become fully operational by late February.

According to Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), Payam Motamed said the facility would be processing 56 mcm/d of natural gas by February.

As he said, the flare stacks of platforms B and D of the phase were lit earlier this week after only four days since hookup and commissioning operations of the platforms which was a record by itself.

He said the two platforms could recover 28 mcm/d of sour gas from the field to be processed at four sweetening trains of the phase’s onshore refinery.

Phase 13 is being developed for production of 56 mcm/d of rich gas, 75,000 b/d of gas condensates, 400 tons/day of sulfur and 1.05 million tons per year of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and a million tons per year of ethane.