Iran is to launch phases 20 and 21 of the supergiant South Pars Gas Field by mid-March 2017.
Managing Director of Oil Industries' Engineering and Construction Group (OIEC) said the phases will go on-stream with a daily production capacity of 50 mcm of natural gas, Shana reported.
Behzad Mohammadi said that the phases will become fully operational in view of the accelerated progress of drilling operations at the onshore and offshore sections of the phase developments.
"Drilling operations in 11 wells of Phase 21 will be complete within a month while 11 wells in Phase 20 will be concluded by mid-summer," said Mohammadi.
The OIEC chief further said topsides of the two phases will be fully installed at designated spots by the end of autumn or late-December.
He also said gas can be extracted from 16 wells of 22 wells of the two phases.