TEHRAN, March 08 (Shana) -- Iran has started recovering 0.5mcm/d of sour gas from SPD2 platform of Phase 19 of the supergiant South Pars gas field, operator of the phase said.

Hamid Reza Masoudi told Shana that that an 18-inch pipelines has been laid down at the phase to deliver its gas to onshore refinery facilities for treatment.

He said the gas is transferred to distillation and distillation unit by a 32-inch pipeline which stretches to train 4 of the refinery facilities.

Once desalted and sweetened, the gas is injected to the national gas network for domestic consumption within a 10 to 15 day period, he added.

The phase is being developed 210km of Bushehr coasts in Persian Gulf waters.

Phase 19 development of South Pars is set to produce 50 mcm/d of sweet gas, 75,000 b/d of gas condensate, 400 tons a day of sulfur, 1.05 million tons a year of liquefied petroleum gas and one million tons a year of ethane.

This development phase was awarded by Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) to a Petropars-led consortium of Petropars Limited and Petropars Iran and IOEC in June 2010 under an engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) contract.

Petropars Limited and Petropars Iran are responsible for onshore installations and drilling operations.

By SHANA