Iran Minister of Petroleum to Inaugurate Marun 3, Kupal Projects May 21

The inauguration ceremony of Marun 3 and Kupal projects on collection of associated gas is held in the presence of Minister of Petroleum Seyyed Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh. The associated gas collection plan dubbed Amak includes eight projects that will help avoid the burning of eight million cubic meters of sour associated gas per day when it is fully implemented.

Marun 3 gas pressure station is located 50km off Ahvaz-Ramhormoz Road.

Iran collected $150 million worth of associated gases in its Amak plan by April 20, said the executive official.

Accounting for 60 thousand barrels of crude oil extraction daily, totally 50 billion cubic feet of associated gases was collected, Mohammad Bijanfar added.

Of the figure, 3.1 million barrels were NGL and 40 billion cubic feet were light gas, he said.

The project aims to collect the associated gases of the Ahvaz oilfields, Marun 1-3, Kupal, Mansuri, and Ab-Teimur oilfields, added the official.