The Soroush gas field in located on Kharg Island, Bushehr province.

The operation was undertaken with cooperation of National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) and coordination of Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) by dispatching “Forest” tanker to Soroush field to inject gas condensates to its wells.

The operation was successfully accomplished for the first time in the history of Iran oil industry.

It was aimed at paving the way for continuation of gas production in the joint field and increasing the industry’s flexibility in critical conditions.

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The platform stopped gas excavation a year ago due to damages to parts of its pipelines stretching 110 kilometers on the seabed.

Alireza Ebadi said that the damaged pipelines have been repaired and the platform came back to production on Friday with a capacity of 500 million cubic feet.

In an exclusive interview with IRNA on Oct 20, Managing-Director of the South Pars Field Hadi Hashemzadeh Farhang said that once Iran completes the new phase of South Pars Field, it will outpace Qatar in gas excavation from the shared field by 120 mcm/d.

The official said that Iran finally won the “breathtaking marathon” over gas excavation in the shared field with Qatar.

Now 23 years after the South Pars development project inaugurated, the field, having 12 refineries, has turned into the biggest gas refinery complex of the world.

With the inauguration of phases 2 and 3 in 2001, the field used to produce some 56 mcm/d of gas which has now risen to 700 mcm/d, he added.

He said that what doubles Iran’s achievement in outpacing Qatar in the excavation of gas from the shared field is that only one-third of the area of the field is located within the Iranian territory while the rest two-thirds are in the Qatari waters.

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Ali Ahmadi, the complex’s caretaker of coordination and production control, said, “With the operation of South Pars Gas Complex refineries, in order to achieve sustainable and maximum production in the special conditions of the coronavirus outbreak, appropriate measures at the level of refinery operation management have been done.”

He added, “According to the health instructions of the Ministry of Petroleum, the necessary equipment have been procured for the presence of colleagues, and gas production is constantly being monitored to achieve maximum production and sustainability.”

The official also underlined the importance of gas condensate production and continuous delivery of the item to consumers, adding, “The production situation of this product is always monitored and sent to the relevant bases.”

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“Fortunately, since the beginning of the previous year the efficiency of these platforms [South Pars operational platforms] has exceeded 100 percent and we are in a very good condition regarding safe and sustainable gas production,” Alireza Ebadi said.

He noted that the POGC health committee is holding daily meetings to monitor the health and safety of the company’s workforce, adding that “periodical meetings are also held for maintaining output and solving the problems regarding the platforms sustainable production.”

“All employees are monitored daily and the necessary actions are performed with great sensitivity and in a concise manner,” he stressed.

The last offshore platform of Iran’s South Pars gas field (shared with Qatar in the Persian Gulf) was installed on its designated spot in early March.

The last offshore platform of Iran’s South Pars gas field (shared with Qatar in the Persian Gulf) was installed on its designated spot in early March.

As one of the world’s biggest gas reserves, South Pars gas field covers an area of 9,700 square kilometers, 3,700 square kilometers of which, called South Pars, are in Iran’s territorial waters. The remaining 6,000 square kilometers, called North Dome, are situated in Qatar’s territorial waters.

The field is estimated to contain a significant amount of natural gas, accounting for about eight percent of the world’s reserves, and approximately 18 billion barrels of condensate. The field is divided into 24 standard phases.

South Pars is divided into 24 standard phases of development in the first stage. all of the phases except for the phase 11 are fully operational at the moment.

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The giant structure was carried to the South Pars field aboard Barge 124FLB in the weekend, after 98 percent completion in Iran Marine Industry Company (SADRA).

After a week-long wait for the weather to go steady, the mega platform D14 cut through water in the Persian Gulf and docked on the gas condensate depository.

Installation of accessories like connection bridge and torch will begin soon to operationalize the platform which will increase gas production of phase 14 of South Pars field by 14.2 million cubic meters per day to reach 56 million m3/day in total, according to South Pars Phase 14 Development Plan Executive Mohammad Mahdi Tavassolipour.

He also said that the platform, as a part of offshore section of the Phase 14, will become operational and join the production circuit by the next two months.

The offshore section is currently producing 42 million cubic meters of gas every day through three platforms A14, B14, C14.

Once the new platform D14 is ready to operate, the Phase 14 of South Pars filed will produce 50 million m3/day of sweet gas, 75,000 bpd of condensate, 400 tonnes/day of Sulfur and an annual amount of one million tonnes of LNG and Ethan.

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The port of Bushehr is located in 28,58 N and 50, 50 E in the north end of a peninsula on the coast of the Persian Gulf. This peninsula is 14 Km long. The depth of water is near to 7m in the external anchorage leading to internal anchorage by the external channel 9200m in length and from the internal anchorage to Khor Soltani, Bushehr berth and then to Khor Booder by the internal channel 3900m in length. The channel is 140m in average width.
Climate in Bushehr Port

Climate in Bushehr Port
Bushehr port has got a semi-tropical climate with very hot and humid Summer and temperate Winter. The seasonal South Western winds blow on Bushehr sea from the beginning of June to the end of October but they rarely reach the harbor. The seasonal North Eastern winds blow on Bushehr sea and sometimes very strongly on the land from the end of December to the beginning of May.
The power of North Wind usually reaches to 6 in Beaufort scale, but it may rarely border on 8.
The average power of Wind in Winter is 4 in Beaufort scale
The temperature range during summer is +35 to +40 degrees centigrade, whereas it mat border on +2 degrees centigrade in Winter.
The humidity range during Winter is %40 to %80 and %30 to %99 in Summer.

TIDAL RANGE
The ebb and tide in Bushehr port is diurnal. The tidal range differs from 1 m to 1.6 m.
The highest tide may reach to 2 m and the lowest ebb may border on .7 m. The speed of water current in the internal channel and Khore Soltani may reach to 2-3 knots in ebb and flow conditions
The maximum height of the wave in the external anchorage is almost 1.5 m and .6 in the internal anchorage. Services

ROAD SERVICES

The port of Bushehr is connected to neighboring cities via 4 important routes:

• Bushehr – Khormooj – Kangan – Lengeh – Bandar Abbas extended 920 Km in length.
• Bushehr – Borazjan – Shiraz extended 290 Km in length.
• Bushehr – Borazjan – Yasooj – Isfahan.
• Bushehr – Genaveh – Deylam – Mahshahr – Abadan extended 690 Km in length.

It is worth mentioning that Bushehr – Borazjan route is a highway

AIRPORT

The port of Bushehr is one of the most accessible ports of the country to airport with only 5 Km distance. The international airport of Bushehr is provided with domestic flights to Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashad, Kish, Kharg and international flights to Dubi and Jaddeh.

SHIP BUILDING FACTORIES

These factories, located near the port, are capable of repairing vessels of any kind up to 2500 tons onshore and building offshore constructs. Iran -Sadra Company has up to now built some huge oil platforms belonged to Southern Pars Area.

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Espinas Palace Hotel

Espinas Palace hotel is a gorgeous 5-star hotel that happens to be located in one of the best areas in Tehran. This area is best for both residential and commercial purposes. It is located in the northern part of Tehran, and the Tehran International Exhibition center lies just a mere 3 kilometers away from the hotel. The Espinas Palace hotel also happens to be just a stone throw away from the amazing Milad-e Noor Shopping Centre. This means that you can easily enjoy a shopping spree at your convenience. This hotel offers a wonderful combination of spirituality and beauty as well as providing you with every modern amenity you can possibly think of.

Espinas Hotel

The Espinas hotel, locally called Espinas hotel Khalije Fars, is beautiful and serene and simply exquisite in its details. Its customer service is among one of the best in the Tehran hospitality industry. Because of the height upon which the building is situated, it promises a most wondrous view. The ambiance is also very welcoming and calming as it is furnished with wonderful music notes coming from the piano in the background. For a chance to enjoy calmness in Tehran, look no further than the Espinas hotel.

Ibis hotel

The Ibis hotel is also known as the Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport Hotel. This hotel is best suited for frequent travelers who need to be close to the airport. Formerly called the Axis Hotel, it is just a mere 10 minutes away from IKIA which is on the Persian Gulf Highway. Despite its closeness to the airport, it is also not far away from the town itself; just 45 minutes away. With 196 rooms, fully furnished with all of the basic amenities that you would need, it is indeed, the travelers’ hotel.

Novotel Hotel

The Novotel hotel is located South of Tehran just opposite the Imam Khomeini International Airport. This exquisite hotel is one of Iran’s first airport hotels in cooperation with the French hotel group, Accor hotel group. This hotel is elegantly and tastefully furnished. Providing travelers with every basic modern amenity a hotel should have. The Novotel hotel promises its guests a memorable experience with its uniquely designed rooms, which are both stylish and spacious. The restaurant here delights in serving its guests with a variety of both local and international delicacies. 

Tehran Grand Hotel

This luxurious hotel is situated right in the center of Tehran. This hotel is best suited for tourists who would like to explore the city of Tehran exhaustively. This hotel offers access to Tehran’s public transportation system as well as other basic modern amenities. The hotel also sports a smoker’s lounge where smokers are allowed to relax and unwind. They also have a salon and barbers shop ready and at your convenience. You can also decide to patronize their pastry shop where you can fill yourself with the wonderful tastes and flavors that Tehran has to offer.

Parsian Esteghlal Hotel

This is one of the 22 prestigious Parsian International Hotel chains. The Parsian Esteghlal hotel is one of the 5-star hotels among this fleet of hotels. It is by far the largest hotel in the Parsian International Hotel chain. Located on the longest street in the Middle East, Valiasr Street, the hotel offers an easy access to both the Imam Khomeini International Airport and the Mehrabad Airport. The Tehran International Exhibition Centre is also just a mere 5-kilometer distance away from this luxury hotel. This hotel has a total of 552 rooms, all fully furnishes and equipped with every basic and modern amenity that you need.

Parsian Azadi Hotel

The Parsian Azadi hotel is located in one of the best areas in Tehran and boasts of being just 3 kilometers away from the Tehran International Exhibition center. This elegant hotel boasts of having 475 rooms all fully and adequately furnished and equipped with every basic modern amenity that is required of a hotel of its caliber. It also sports a shopping center which grants you access to a variety of Iranian souvenirs. The hotel also has a fully functional indoor and outdoor restaurant that serves a variety of both local and international cuisines.

Eskan Alvend Hotel

This elegant 4-star hotel was opened in 2014. Situated close to one of the famous squares in Tehran, the Argentine square, this hotel grants you easy access to most of Tehran’s attractions and also to its administrative centers. This hotel houses different restaurants that cater to different types of variety of delicacies which the guests can enjoy at their convenience. The hotel also sports a café which serves the most attractive and delicious drinks around. There is also a water complex which houses a steam, sauna, and spa ready for the relaxation of the guests. For a relaxing and easy stay in Tehran, the Eskan Alvend hotel is your best bet.

Borj Sefid Hotel

The Borj Sefid is a 4-star hotel. Situated in the North of Tehran, this hotel offers you the best access to the mountainous terrains of Tehran. With only 15 rooms, this exclusive hotel not only grants you a view of the gorgeous mountains of Tehran, but it also offers ample parking space. An additional view you would absolutely delight in is a view of Tehran itself right from the mountain heights. This hotel houses a wonderful French restaurant and café and a wonderful array of breakfast while enjoying a breath-taking view from the 14th floor of the building.

Homa Hotel

The Homa hotel may as well be the hotel for business travelers. This hotel is situated right in the middle of the northern business district of Tehran. It is also located close to the old parts of the city and is very convenient for travelers who have a fascination for the city’s history. These old parts are home to Tehran’s museums and palaces. The Homa hotel is proud to house the traditional Iranian restaurants which cater to any kind of taste that you fancy. This hotel has 172 rooms, all fully and tastefully furnished and equipped with all of the necessary basic and modern amenities that hotels have to offer. The hotel is designed with a fusion of continental and Iranian culture and as such brings about a distinguishing ambiance that is second to none.

There you have it, 10 of the best hotels in and around Tehran. From the functional airport hotels suitable for frequent travelers to the exclusive Borj Sedif, which is a classic and suitable for tourists, this list covers hotels for every kind of trip into Tehran. Whatever your preference, you simply cannot go wrong with this list.

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“Iran is now extracting around 600 million cubic meters per day of natural gas from the field, twice the amount five years ago,” Mohammad Meshkinfam said.

“Except for Phase 11, other phases including 13, 14, 22, and 24 have come on stream,” the official added.

He noted that the company has built 13 refineries, drilled 267 wells, and laid 3,500 kilometers of subsea pipes.

According to Meshkinfam, the field’s daily output will soar to 850 million cubic meters of natural gas, one million barrels of condensates, 10 million tons of LPG and 5,000 tons of sulfur when it is in full operation.

South Pars, which is located in the Persian Gulf and shared between Iran and Qatar, is the world’s largest gas reserve. It holds an estimated 51 trillion cubic meters of in-situ natural gas and some 50 billion barrels of condensates.

The megaproject is being developed in 24 phases.

According to an estimate, Iran’s recoverable gas stands at 10 trillion cubic meters and Qatar’s is estimated to be over 25 trillion cubic meters.

Meshkinfam had earlier said that “more than $70 billion have been spent on the gas project over the last 15 years and the field requires between $20 billion and $30 billion in additional spending to become fully operational.”

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Construction of the refinery started in 2006, but the project was delayed as the result of some  financial limitation due to the sanctions against Iran.

Planned to have a total crude oil processing capacity of 360,000 barrels per day, Persian Gulf Star is projected to be complete by the end of the next Iranian calendar year 1397 (March 20, 2019).

The facility is owned by Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Investment Company (49%), Oil Industry Pension Fund (33.1%) and National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) (17.9%).

The project is estimated to be completed at a cost of approximately $3.4bn.

Once fully operational, the refinery will add over 36 million liters of Euro-4 and Euro-5 quality gasoline to the country’s gasoline production capacity to increase it to 100 million liters per day.

When the first phase of Persian Gulf Star Refinery was inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani on April 30, 2017, Iran said it is now self-sufficient in gasoline production.

“By inaugurating the first phase of this refinery an old dream came true. We are self-sufficient in gasoline production and in near future we will be able to export,” Rouhani said in the inaugural ceremony of the first phase.

Second phase of the refinery is scheduled to be complete by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2018) adding 12 million liters of Euro 5 gasoline to Iran’s capacity of the product, Alireza Sadeq-Abadi, the managing director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), announced in the inaugural ceremony of the distillation unit of the second phase on February 14.

In mid-December last year, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said Iran will reach a stable status in gasoline production once the second phase of Persian Gulf Star Refinery comes on stream.

Bringing self-sufficiency for the country in terms of gasoline production, once fully operational, the Middle East’s largest processing facility for gas condensate will also play a big role to turn Iran into an exporter of gasoline.

The big job has already started as the first shipment of Euro 5 gasoline produced by Persian Gulf Star Refinery was delivered to Shahid Rajaee port in south of the country in early December last year.

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Persepolis (Takhte Jamshid)

Persepolis (Old Persian: ‘Parseh’, New Persian:Takht-e Jamshid’) was an ancient ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire. The largest and most complex building in Persepolis was the audience hall, or Apadana with 72 columns. Persepolis is situated some 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of Iran (Persia).

In contemporary Persian language the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid (Throne of Jamshid) and Parseh. To the ancient Persians, the city was known as Parsa, meaning The City of Persians, Persepolis being the Greek interpretation of the name Περσες (meaning Persian)+ πόλις (meaning city).

The first westerner to visit Persepolis was Antonio de Gouveia from Portugal who wrote about cuneiform inscriptions following his visit in 1602. His first written report on Persia, the “Jornada”, was published in 1606. The first scientific excavation at Persepolis was carried out by Ernst Herzfeld in 1931, commissioned by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. He believed the reason behind the construction of Persepolis was the need for a majestic atmosphere, as a symbol for their empire and to celebrate special events, especially the “Nowruz”, (the Persian New Year held on 21 March). For historical reasons and deep rooted interests it was built on the birthplace of the Achaemenid dynasty, although this was not the centre of their Empire at that time.

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