The President signed contracts to expand phases 13, 14, 23, 22, 19 and 24 of South Pars.

The contracts to expand the phases were signed with different consortiums comprising of several Iranian companies.

The contracts have the production capacity of 140 million cubic meters of gas per day.

Iranian contractors are to invest about dlrs 21 billion on these six phases.

Prior to the signing of the contracts, President Ahmadinejad toured two phases of South Pars.

Assalouyeh is located in the Persian Gulf province of Bushehr.

Phase 19 of the South Pars FTZ comprises of three sub-phases.