He expressed hope that launching new development projects at the field will bring Iran's revenues from it close to that of Qatar.
In the year Iran produced 285 mcm/d while it is now recovering 570mcm/d, he added.
Iran has so far invested 71 billion dollars for developing the gas field of which $19b has been procured by domestic investors and the rest were supplied by dipping into the National Development Fund of Iran (NDFI), banks, bonds, etc. he added.