The
plant is touted as the largest associated petroleum gas (APG) collection and
processing facility in Iran with a daily processing capacity of more than 56
million cubic meters and an investment of $3.4 billion.
The
Persian Gulf Bidboland Gas Refinery Project, as one of the largest gas
refineries in the Middle East, aims to collect associated petroleum gas in the
provinces of Khuzestan, Bushehr, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad in order to
reduce environmental pollution and produce valuable items.
It
was officially launched on Thursday, January 21, by order of Dr. Hassan
Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, via video conference, in
the presence of Bijan Zanganeh, Iranian Minister of Petroleum.
Construction
of the megaproject was financed with an investment of $3.4 billion as one of
the projects of the second leap of the petrochemical industry, will receive
13.5 million tons of sour gas from NGL 900 and 1000 and 2.25 million tons of
sweet gas from NGL 1200 and 1300 plants annually.
The
plant’s daily processing capacity is over 56 million cubic meters of APG as
much as the output of two phases of South Pars. If the complex operates at full
capacity, it will generate $1.5 billion a year for the country.
This
super project was approved by the Economic Council in 2003.
Annually
10.4 million tons of methane, 1.5 million tons of ethane, 1 million tons of
propane, 0.5 million tons of butane, 0.6 million tons of gas condensate, 0.9
million tons of acid gas will be produced at Persian Gulf Bidboland Gas
Refinery. The methane produced by this refinery will be injected into the
national gas network and ethane will be the feedstock of Gachsaran
Petrochemical Plant.
65%
of the total investment in this project is the share of domestic construction
and 63 million accident-free man/hours have been registered in the project’s
construction.
The
project created 15,000 jobs during its construction. During operation it
creates jobs for 1,000 people.
The
wastewater of the Bidboland refinery in the Persian Gulf is zero and not a drop
of effluent leaves the site thanks to installation of a new ZDL (zero discharge
liquid) recovery system in the facility.
Back
in 2018, a $1.2-billion contract for the development of an APG collection
project in East Karun was signed between the Persian Gulf Petrochemical
Industries Company (PGPIC) and the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC).