Iran Mulls Gas Production Enhancement in Khangiran

The CEO of the East Oil and Gas Production Company said that plans were under way to add 2.5 million cubic meters to gas production capacity in Khangiran district, northeastern Iran.

Speaking to Shana, Abolhassan Mohammadi described the progress of activities in his company in the areas of repairing, production and gas injection as satisfactory, saying that two new wells would become operational by fall adding 2.5 mcm/d to Khangiran’s gas production capacity.

He said the company fully met its production goals in the first half of the current calendar year, which began on March 21, adding plans for gas injection and overhaul operations are seriously ongoing in order to ensure gas supply in the winter.

East Oil and Gas Production Company is one of the three subsidiaries of the Iranian Central Oil Fields Company (ICOFC), and is responsible for supplying gas to northeastern provinces including Golestan, North Khorasan, South Khorasan, Mazanaran and parts of Semnan.