Cost- Benefit Analysis of Gas to Liquids Project for the South-Pars Gas Field of Iran

Khalili Araghi, Mansour; Kasraei, Zeinab; Haji Heidari, Ameneh

doi:10.22099/ijes.2013.2722

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https://doi.org/10.22099/ijes.2013.2722

Abstract

This paper presents an economic evaluation of gas to liquids (GTL) project using “South-Pars” gas field of Iran based on the latest actual performing GTL projects. Iran has the world’s largest reserves of natural gas and can satisfy the projected long-term market demand of GTL products which have lower pollution and higher quality than refinery products. The results of cost-benefit analysis show that GTL project in Iran is fully economical. Sensitivity analyses are conducted and the results show that the capital expenditure is the most sensitive factor in this project, followed by the price of crude oil and the price of feed gas respectively.

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Article Title [Persian]

تحلیل هزینه – فایده پروژه تبدیل گاز به فرآورده‌های مایع برای میدان گازی پارس جنوبی ایران

Authors [Persian]

منصور خلیلی عراقی
زینب کسرائی
آمنه حاجی حیدری

Abstract [Persian]

در این مقاله، پروژه تبدیل گاز به فرآورده های مایع با استفاده از گاز خوراک حاصل از میدان گازی پارس جنوبی بر مبنای آخرین پروژه‎های GTL مورد ارزیابی اقتصادی قرار گرفته است. ایران به عنوان بزرگترین دارنده ذخایر گازی جهان می‎تواند تقاضای بلندمدت پیش بینی شده برای فرآورده‎هایGTL را تامین نماید. فرآورده‎های حاصل از فناوری تبدیل گاز به مایع نسبت به فرآورده‎های پالایشی آلایندگی کمتر و کیفیت بالاتری دارند. نتایج حاصل از تحلیل هزینه-فایده نشان می‎دهد که بکارگیری فناوری GTL در ایران از نقطه نظر اقتصادی کاملا دارای توجیه است. بر اساس تحلیل حساسیت انجام شده در این پژوهش، هزینه سرمایه‎گذاری حساس ترین عامل در اقتصاد پروژه GTL است و پس از آن قیمت نفت خام و گاز خوراک به ترتیب بیشترین تاثیر را بر اقتصاد پروژه دارند.

Keywords [Persian]

تحلیل هزینه- فایده
فناوری تبدیل گاز به فرآورده‎های‎ مایع
تحلیل حساسیت

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Iranian Journal of Economic Studies

Cost- Benefit Analysis of Gas to Liquids Project for the South-Pars Gas Field of Iran

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Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
December 2013
Pages 119-136

Cost- Benefit Analysis of Gas to Liquids Project for the South-Pars Gas Field of Iran

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Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2December 2013Pages 119-136

Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
December 2013
Pages 119-136