The ceremony, conducted via video conference, was presided over by
Acting President Mohammad Mokhber and attended by Petroleum Minister Javad
Owji, Deputy Petroleum Minister and NPC CEO Morteza Shahmirzaei, along with
other officials.
Located in Musian Dasht Abbas on a 100-hectare site, the Dehloran
Petro-Refinery aims to capture associated gas from oil fields. This project,
NGL 3100, will extinguish nine flares in the Cheshmeh Khosh, Paydar Gharb,
Danan, Sorok, Azar, and Dehloran fields.
The annual value of NGL 3100 products is estimated to exceed $400
million. The project will process daily feeds of 60 million cubic feet of sweet
gas from Cheshmeh Khosh, 120 million cubic feet of sour gas from Dehloran,
Danan, and Azar fields, 20 million cubic feet of sweet gas from Paydar Asmari
reservoir, and 40 million cubic feet of sour gas from Paydar Bangestan
reservoir.
Final products from NGL 3100 include 1,050,000 tons per year of +C2,
which will be transferred to Dehloran Petrochemical, 850 barrels per day of gas
condensate, 77 million cubic feet per day of sweet gas, and 400 tons per day of
sulfur.
The project has a total processing capacity of 240 million standard
cubic feet per day, with 80 million standard cubic feet per day of sweet gas
and 160 million standard cubic feet per day of sour gas from three compressor
stations.
Annually, it will produce 1,055,000 tons of +C2 for Dehloran Petrochemical's
olefin unit, 150 million cubic feet of city gas, 850 barrels per day of
condensate, and 400 tons of sulfur.
The Dehloran Petrochemical plant, located 45 kilometers from the
petro-refinery, is under construction and will feature a 650,000-ton olefin
unit, a 300,000-ton HDPE unit, a 300,000-ton LLDPE unit, and a 160,000-ton PP
unit. The olefin project, currently 50% complete, requires interim measures to
utilize the C2+ feedstock.
To address this, the Oil Industry Pension Fund and Ahdaf Investment
Company arranged to send the C2+ feedstock to Bandar Imam Petrochemical via a
180-kilometer pipeline, built in record time with an average monthly progress
of 13%. Financing for this pipeline was provided by Bandar Imam Petrochemical,
and the project cost approximately €55 million.
Without this pipeline, associated gas would have been flared, causing
environmental harm. To date, about €1.1 billion has been invested in the
Dehloran Petro-Refinery project, including gas compression stations, feed and
product pipelines, and the 180-kilometer pipeline, with an annual revenue
estimate of $700 to $760 million.
The sulfur recovery unit in this project is the largest in the
country. Additionally, a 60-kilometer pipeline, using special seamless pipes,
transports sour gas from Dehloran compression station to NGL 3100. This is the
first time domestic companies have produced such pipes, which have been fully
tested and are ready for operation.