The gas will now go to Sirri island, from where it may be piped to the United Arab Emirates, if talks between Iran and the UAE are successful.
Petroiran Development Company (Pedco), the Salman operator, was notified of the change by its parent National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) two months ago.
A $130 million contract awarded last year to the partnership of Iranian Offshore Engineering & Construction (IOEC) and Amid for a 30-inch, 240-kilometre pipeline from Salman to Bandar Assaluyeh -- where 500 million cubic feet per day of Khuff gas would have been mixed with nearly 3 billion cubic feet per day of gas from Phases 6 to 8 of South Pars for onward transmission to Aghajari -- is now being...
