Not long ago, Royal Dutch Shell (Royal Dutch Shell), France's Total (Total) and other Western energy giants is also eager to develop in southern Iran, the world's largest gas field - South Pars (South Pars).

  

Today, only one foreign company - China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) - involved in one . The gas field is located in the Persian Gulf water . Iran's state-owned and private companies took over half of all other projects , they are faced with equipment shortages and lack of investment issues .

  

Hot and stuffy day , near the town in Assaluyeh , Iranian workers are busy laying pipe stand under the hot sun , and land facilities in the electrical and mechanical work on .

  

But their number is relatively small. Iran's state-owned companies - Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) present to control the 16,000 employees , and their staff a few years ago as many as 10 million people . But the company insisted , are compared with the past without any practical significance.

  

" We used to have more workers , because they want to build airports, roads and ports . " technical adviser of the company • Mohammed Hassan •穆萨维扎德(Mohammad Hasan Mousavizadeh) said .

Iran's oil reserves rank third in the world natural gas reserves are second in the world . The income from these natural resources , the country's economy is critical . Only the South Pars natural gas reserves as high as 28 billion cubic meters .

  

However, Iran's nuclear ambitions lead to international sanctions left the country in the energy industry battered by a severe shortage of foreign investment needed to increase productivity and technology .

  

Iranian analysts and Western diplomats in Tehran also pointed out that foreign companies out of Iran to the condition that attractive, and the Ministry of Oil, a group of experienced officials were purged, and also caused damage to the energy industry . In recent years, including Spain's Repsol, Statoil (StatoilHydro), Austria Oil and Gas Group (OMV), Japan International Petroleum Development Co., Ltd. (Inpex) and LUKoil (Lukoil) , etc., a number of International oil companies have refused to sign large contracts with the Iranian government .

  

In contrast, Malaysia's SKS and China's Sinopec (Sinopec) and China Petroleum , is pleased to have entered the Iranian market. However, despite their participation in Iran's energy industry is still far from having reached the required level of development.

  

South Pars examples fully demonstrate that international sanctions and the lack of attractive energy agreement oil and gas fields of Iran caused much impact . The gas field has been put into operation the phase of the project , with national oil companies from Norway and Total of Western technology .

  

Today, even Iran's domestic industry is facing increasingly complex situations. Iran's Revolutionary Guard Company (Revolutionary Guard Corps) 's construction company - Khatam al-Anbiya has been out of the first 15 and 16 projects for unspecified reasons. The company said it do not want to endanger the "national interest. "

  

However, analysts in Tehran suspect might be related to the latest United Nations sanctions taken by the . According to the sanctions decision , Khatam al-Anbiya name of all the international assets to be frozen .

  

A little -known companies - Iran Shipbuilding and Offshore industry conglomerate (Iran Shipbuilding and Offshore Industries Complex) has been Khatam al-Anbiya 77% interest in South Pars .

  

At the same time , Iran reduced the liquefied natural gas (LNG) production target . POGC planning and project control managers Motza • Elahi (Morteza Elahi) , said the company will produce 40 million tons per year of liquefied natural gas , lower than previously expected. He also said : " This is because the ( global) economic situation , not because of sanctions . "

  

Involved in the development of Iran's South Pars most of the enterprises dependent on government finance. This year, the Iranian parliament approved the government in the oil and gas field development funds invested 8 billion U.S. dollars , while the Iranian issue worth 50 billion dollars in bonds, issued 9 billion euros in foreign countries (about 11.6 billion U.S. dollars ) of euro bonds and Islamic bonds Sukuk.

  

The funds raised through these channels , will invest around half of South Pars .穆萨维扎德that has raised enough funds to all 24 of the gas phase of the project will be commissioned by 2015 . Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • - Ahmadinejad (Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad) has approved a total of 21 billion U.S. dollars in a number of contracts that allow domestic enterprises to take the lead consortium developing a gas field .

  

But Iran must quickly develop South Pars , in order to avoid widening the gap between and Qatar . Qatar and Iran's South Pars gas field, jointly owned . Iran must also meet the growing domestic demand for natural gas consumption and supply into the oil and natural gas needed for the development of petrochemical industry .

  

Despite these problems , but POGC management that they can overcome all challenges .穆萨维扎德insisted : "We do not worry about technology, finance , or who is responsible for the project . "