FARS News Agency cited Iran oil ministry’s website as saying in a report that the Shourijeh gas facility, located in northeastern Iran, can deliver 20 mcm/d of gas in winter.
The gas storage facility is expected to boost the nation’s gas delivery capacity by more than 9mcm next winter while eliminating the need to import gas from neighboring countries.
Currently, the gas volume injected into the facility stands at 7.5 mcm/d.
The facility comprises a refinery with the processing capacity of 20 mcm of gas.
The storage facility will transfer gas to North Khorasan, Khorasan Razavi, Mazandaran, Guilan and Ardebil provinces in north, northeast and northwest of Iran.
Located 25km southeast of Sarakhs in northwestern Iran, the Shourijeh facility will store 5 mcm/d of gas over the coming seven months and would be 9 mcm/d of gas by next winter.
The Shourijeh facility is capable of storing up to 4.8 bcm of gas.
