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2007-07-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Huge Iranian aromatic petrochemical complex to be opened

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Posted by Pappy 2007-07-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 But no gasoline. Hmmmmm.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-07-02 00:17|| 2007-07-02 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 South Pars is a gas condensate field. There will be some gasoline.

The key question, unanswered by the article, is, does Iran have customers for the gas. I suspect not and it wouldn't surprise me if they just flared off the gas to get the liquids (including petrol).

Posted by phil_b 2007-07-02 00:42|| 2007-07-02 00:42|| Front Page Top

#3 phil, gasoline (US parlance) = Газолин (Russian) = gasolina (Spanish) = petrol (UK English) = benzin (German, Czech) = benzina (Italian) = benzine (Dutch), etc., etc.

From your reply I was not clear whether you know.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-07-02 00:57|| 2007-07-02 00:57|| Front Page Top

#4 So you spent 30 years at war with me and all you present is this sorry assed crap? Destined to fail.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-07-02 01:44|| 2007-07-02 01:44|| Front Page Top

#5 twobyfour,
Many natural gas fields produce a very light liquid hydrocarbon, a 'condensate' from the gas as its temperature and pressure drop. Condensates are, for practical purposes, natural gasolines (petrols, benzines, etc.) Back in the day in Oklahoma etc. the local farmers etc. would tap our condensate tanks in the fields (generally found in the middle of nowhere) and put the stuff straight into their tractors and trucks. It probably wouldn't work so well today, in our finely-tuned, emission-controled engines - but that might not be an issue in Iran!

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-07-02 07:26|| 2007-07-02 07:26|| Front Page Top

#6 2X4, I aware of US/UK/Oz differences in terms.

Glenmore is right. Gas condensates (or some fraction off) is for practical purposes gasoline. A Prius wouldn't like it, but a 1960s GM vehicle wouldn't notice.

Posted by phil_b 2007-07-02 20:51|| 2007-07-02 20:51|| Front Page Top

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