Mohsen Paknejad toured the facility after inspecting the South Pars
Phase 13 offshore platform, the Fajr Jam gas refinery and the South Pars Phase
14 refinery, according to Shana.
Paknejad was accompanied by Hassan Abbaszadeh, chief executive of the
National Petrochemical Company, Saeed Tavakoli, head of the National Iranian
Gas Company, and other senior officials. The delegation was received by Mousa
Ahmadi, head of parliament’s energy commission.
The Kangan petro-refinery was established to optimise the use of
Iran’s vast natural gas resources and to help complete the country’s
hydrocarbon value chain. The complex focuses on processing rich gas from South
Pars Phase 12 into higher value-added products, playing a key role in the
development of Iran’s petrochemical sector.
South Pars Phase 12, the largest phase of the shared gas field, is
located in the south-easternmost section of the reservoir near Iran’s maritime
border with Qatar. Its offshore facilities lie about 150 km from Iran’s
coastline, while the onshore installations are located in Kangan, around 65 km
west of Assaluyeh, Shana said.