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Gachsaran Oil and Gas Production Company (GOGPC) of Iran announced that it has manufactured or repaired 1676 items in the oil industry either by its own or by local companies in the 6 months between March 21. and September 22. 2019.
According to the company`s CEO Houshang Seidali. the GOGPC has signed 54 deals with local manufacturers for production of oil industry items and parts over the first half of the current calendar year. which began on March 21.
He said during the period. 767 items were manufactured or repaired by the company domestically and over 1.900 items were purchased from local manufacturers in a bid to support local companies.
Speaking on the sidelines of the 11th Khuzestan Oil Industry Equipment Exhibition and the 17th Drilling Equipment Manufacturing Exhibition. he said the showcases provided an opportunity for identifying local capabilities in petroleum industry and paved the way to self-sufficiency in various sectors of the industry.
The 11th Khuzestan Oil Industry Equipment Exhibition and the 17th Drilling Equipment Manufacturing Exhibition is being held with 260 exhibitors at the international fairgrounds of Ahwaz. southwestern Iran. The event will run until December 16. 2019.
On Saturday. the Research Institute of the Petroleum Industry (RIPI). a subsidiary of the Iranian oil ministry. announced that it has managed to address the technological needs and provision of equipment for the country’s oil industry so much so that the country has saved $200 million since late March 2019.
Speaking during a visit to Hasheminejad Gas Refinery. Head of the RIPI Jafar Towfiqi said the institute had saved the country $200 million by supporting knowledge-based companies and providing and commercializing items needed in the industry.
He underlined the necessity of continued cooperation between the refinery and the RIPI. adding the institute operated as the research arm of the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum and provided technological services in all sectors of the oil and gas industry.
Towfiqi further said that the RIPI cooperated with knowledge-based firms for addressing the needs of the petroleum ministry of the country which had so far led to saving $200 million in the current calendar year. which began on March 21.
The official said that RIPI was now able to supply items that were previously imported by domestically producing the items.
Late in October. Iran put into operation its first smoke-free flare system in Ahvaz Operating Unit No. 2. after the country’s decision to end gas flaring in the Southern oilfields. despite US obstructing the transfer of technology to the country.
Managing Director of Karoon Oil and Gas Production Company Qolamreza Mofidi outlined features of the system. saying by launching the system. environmental pollutants in the vicinity of Ahvaz metropolitan area would be reduced and burning of 10 million cubic feet of gas per day would be prevented.
He said an investment of 15 billion rials ($357 million) has been made to develop and launch the system. adding that all the costs of the project would be reclaimed in a matter of three months.
The official further added that the system has been developed by domestic experts at the National Iranian South Oil Company. voicing the company’s readiness to carry out similar projects in other operational districts of the country.
Flaring is the burning of natural gas that cannot be processed or sold. The flaring of APG is an important safety measure at many oil and gas production sites. as it prevents industrial plant equipment from over-pressuring and exploding.
On September 22. Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said that Iran was unable to import machines and equipment needed to contain flare. the gas burnt or vented at oil and gas production facilities which is highly detrimental to the environment.
The sanctions are anti-human and anti-environment. he said. adding. They don’t let us import equipment we need to prevent sulfur burning or equipment through which we refine non-standard gases.
The minister said sanctions were hampering shipment of machines ordered and paid by Iran. some of them totally ready for transportation into oil processing facilities south of the country.
That is why we say the sanctions have targeted the entire Iranian nation. said Zanganeh. adding. They are both anti-human and a crime against humanity.
Iran has made major progress in using flare gas either for power generation or as a feed to refineries. Recent reports suggested the country has made an investment of above $5 billion in those projects over the past years.
Late in July. it was announced that Iranian experts at Jam petrochemical company designed and produced 1.000 industrial petrochemical parts which had earlier been imported from foreign states.
Two weeks before that. Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh announced that the country successfully completed installing a super-size drilling rig at South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf. the largest in the world. without any foreign company involved after Tehran made its industries self-sufficient to defy the US unilateral sanctions.
