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1 Oct.Nov.2006/No.85&86 In The Name of God Oct.Nov.2006/No.85&86 [Eghtessad-e-Energy] Published by: Energy Economics IRANIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ENERGY ECONOMICS (IRAEE) issn 1563-1133 Director: Seyed Gholamhossein Hassantash Editor-in-Chief: Ebrahim Ghazvini Articles on Oil & Gas in the Editorial Manager: English section, in cooperation with Homayoun Mobaraki IranOilGas.com Editorial Board: Majid Abbaspour, Reza Farmand, Ali Moshtaghian, Mohammad-reza Omidkhah, Ebrahim EditorilEditorilEditorilEditorilEditorilEditorilEdi- torilEditorilEditorilEditorilEditorilEditorilEdit From Oil Geopolitics to Gas orilEditorilEditorilEditorilEditorilEditorilEdito- Bagherzadeh, Fereidoun Barkeshly, Hassan rilEditorilEditorilEditorilEditorilEditorilEditoril 2 EditorilEEditdditorialorilEidtitoorilErditoirilaEditlorilEditorilEdito- Geopolitics; Iran’s Role Khosravizadeh, Mohammad-ali Movahhed, rilEditorilEditorilEditorilEditoril Morteza Nassir, Morteza Mohammadi Ardehali, Ali Emami Meibodi, Seyed Mohammad-ali Khatibi Views on NewsViews on NewsViews on NewsViews on News Views on NewsViews on NewsViews on Tabatabai, Afshin Javan, Hamid Abrishami, NewsViews on News Views on NewsViews on News- New Developments in Latin Views on NewsViews on News Views on NewsViews VViewson NeiwesViewws ons Ne wsoonViewns on NNews NewseViewswons 5 NewsViews on NewsViews on NewsViews on News Mohammad-bagher Heshmatzadeh, Mehdi Views on NewsViews on NewsViews on NewsViews on American Oil and Gas Industry News NewsViews on NewsViews on NewsViews on News Nematollahi, Saeed Moshiri, Hamid Nazeman, Mohammad Mazreati Layout: Energygy High ggg lights g Energy High g lightsg Energy Highgg light Energygy Highgg lights Energy High g lightsg Energy Highgg light Energygy Highg lightsg Energy High g lightsg Energy Highgg light Energygy Hig gh lightsg Energy High g lightsg Energy Highgg light Vahid Mohammadkhani Enennergyrgyggyy eHiggrh glightsg yE nHHighergyg i Highghlightsg llightsEinergyggyh Hightggs light g 9 lightsg Energy High g lightsg Energy Highgg light Energygy Hig gh lightsg Energy High g lightsg Energy Highggg light Energy High Advertisements: lights Energy High lightsEnergy High lig Afshin Shadimehr (9821) 88811616 Subscription: speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp Reza Shariati speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp Global Security of “Supply 15 speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp sspeechspeechppespeechp ecspeechp hspeechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speechp speech Iran For Win-Win Situation In... 18 Translator: speech speech speech speech speech speech Mahyar Emami, Kambakhsh Khalaji, Sajad Khoshroo Coordinator: Mahnaz Yousefi Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Address: Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view Boosting Country’s Hydro-Power 21 Inter IInternnter ter vviewiew Inter view Inter view Inter view ter view Inter IRANIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ENERGY view Inter view Inter view Inter view Inter view ECONOMICS Unit 13, Fourth flour, No. 203, Vahid Article Article Article Articl Article Article ArticleArticle Articl Article Article Articl Article Article ArticleArticle Dastgerdi(Zafar) Ave., Tehran, Iran Articl Article Articl Article Article Articl Article Article ArticleArticleArticle Article Article Articl Article Article For a New Pricing Regime 23 ArticleArticle Articl Article Article Articl Article Article ArtAArticleicleArtriclet Airtcicl lArteicle Articl Article Article Articl Article Article ArticleArticle Tel: (9821) 22262061-3 Fax: (9821) 22262064 Legalg Devise Legalg Devise Legalg Devise Legalg Devise Legalg Devise Legalg Devise Legalg Devise DeviseLegalg Devise Legalg Devise Legalg Devise Legalg Devise Legalg Devise Legalg Devise Legalg Devise Legalg DeviseLegalg Web: www.IRAEE.org Devise Legalg Devise Legalg Devise Devise Legalg Devise Regulations on Exports 32 LegalgLDeviseeegalgLegalag lDevise DDevise Legaleg vDevisesLegaleg Devise Legalg Devise Legalg Devise Legalg Devise Legalg Devise E-mail: [email protected] Legal Devise Legal Devise Legal DeviseLegal Devise Oct.Nov.2006/No.85&86 10 The president said the price was politically motivated As for the fresh oil reservoir, he went on to add: “The and that the move amounts to an economic blockade of volume of oil-in-place of Darian layer of the structure is Georgia, which now buys all its gas from Russian energy estimated to be around 350 Mln barrels, of which 54 Mln giant Gazprom. barrels are recoverable”. Putting the gas production capacity of the structure Syria wants Iranian gas through at over 150 mcf/d, Nozari stated: “The structure’s oil/ condensate production capacity stands at over 37,000 turkish pipeline bpd”. Turkey’s Energy Ministry has received a letter from Explaining the economic value of the structure, Nozari Syria expressing interest in receiving natural gas from said: “If the price of crude is taken to be $ 36 per barrel, Iran through Turkish pipelines. that of condensate $ 40 p/b and that of gas 2.5 cents per Syria aims to buy 2 billion to 3 billion cubic metres every cubic meter, the reservoir will be worth a total of of Iranian gas annually, a senior ministry official told $ 7.3 Bln. Reuters, adding that officials from the three countries He also noted: “Part of the gases produced in this field may meet in the next few days to discuss the issue. can be used for injection into the neighboring oil fields”. “When other energy projects are also taken into account, Turkey is growing stronger in the region (as a transit country),” the official said. NIGC needs over $ 22 bln for its Turkey is examining with Russia, its main gas projects of 4th plan supplier, the possibility of extending the Blue Stream Based on the statistics released by the Corporate pipeline to Israel. Turkey is also central to a $5.8 billion Planning Department of NIGC, over Rials 200,540 pipeline that would pump Central Asian gas to Austria Bln ($ 22.407 Bln) will be needed for implementing via the Balkans. Other pipelines across Turkish territory various gas developmental projects foreseen in Iran’s 4th are planned. Development Plan (Apr 2005-Apr 2010), reported Mehr An official from Botas, which runs Turkey’s gas news agency. pipelines, said Syria could receive the gas via a planned Out of the said needed credits, some Rials 30,368 pipeline that will link Nevsehir in central Turkey and Bln ($ 3.37 Bln) will be needed in the Distribution Kilis, a town near the Turkish-Syrian border. section, Rials 104,978 Bln ($11.66 Bln) will have to be “In this situation, there would not be any need for the allocated to the Transfer part, Rials 46,482 Bln ($ 5.2 construction of a new and expensive pipeline... Syria’s Bln) to the Refining, Rials 7,342 Bln ($ 815 Mln) to the needs for 2-3 billion cubic metres could easily be met Administrative Plans and finally Rials 11,368 Bln ($ 1.26 with this pipeline,” the official said. The Botas official Bln) to the Buy-Back contracts. said Syria’s integration into the pipeline system would NIGC has planned to build three gas refineries during boost Turkey’s role in the region. the 4th Plan, the first of which is the $ 2.177 Bln “2nd With this project Iran, Syria and Turkey will be Bid Boland” gas refinery, which will be producing some working together in the energy field... This would also 57 mcm/d of Natural Gas, around 1.48 mt/y of Ethane contribute to solution of problems we have faced until and 35.2 Mln t/y of LPG/Natural Gasoline. now with Iran over the quality and quantity of natural “Parsian” gas refinery is another project underway by gas,” he said. NIGC, which will be producing some 43 mcm/d of gas in “This is because Syria will move with and back up its 1st phase and 37.5 mcm/d in its 2nd phase plus 30,000 Turkey in talks with Iran.” bpd of condensate. Other yields of the refinery will be; 760,000 t/y of LPG, 850,000 t/y of Ethane, 450,000 t/y of Fresh oil/gas layers found in Ahwaz Propane and 310,000 t/y of Butane. Ilam gas refinery, the third refinery, will be producing field: NIOC MD some 6.8 mcm/d of Natural Gas, 515 t/d of Sulphur, 480 Disclosing the discovery of new oil/ gas reserves in t/d of LPG and 5,500 bpd of Natural Gasoline. Khami structure of Ahwaz oil field, Gholam Hossein Nozari, managing director of NIOC elaborated: “The volume of the rich gas-in-place of Fahlian layer of the Latest with development of structure is estimated to be around 990 bcf, of which 700 phase 12 of S.P. bcf are recoverable. Also, the volume of condensate-in- PetroPars and Fater Kosaran Jonoob signed the place of the layer is estimated to total 308 Mln barrels, of contract for preparing the site of the onshore facilities of which around 120 Mln barrels are recoverable”. development of Phase 12 of Iran’s South Pars gas field. 11 Oct.Nov.2006/No.85&86 The contract is worth Rials 230 Bln and will take eight produced and exported to date, since the 5 phases were months to complete. commissioned, to over 195.945 Mln barrels. Addressing the ceremony held for signing the said So far, some 119.742 bcm of natural gas has been contract, Hamid Akbari, manager of the project with produced by the five phases and loaded onto the national PetroPars, reported: “The basic engineering designs of gas network. the offshore and onshore sections of the project will be completed by the end of June 2007. The needed Production of phase 6 of S.P. , March 07: cartography and studies on the soil of the offshore section of the project have been concluded through a $ PetroPars MD The platform of Phase 8 of Iran’s South Pars gas 4.5 Mln deal and the relevant report has been submitted field will be installed in the near future and will become to the consulting firm in charge of preparing the project’s operational three months later, says Gholam Reza offshore basic engineering design”.