The refinery of phase 14 of the South Pars gas field will be put into operation in the coming days, Iranian Oil Minister Javad Ovji said on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Mehr reported.

Ovji stressed that the Iranian Oil Ministry will also start other major projects by the end of March this year.

"At this stage, the South Pars refinery will be completed and this will be its last phase," Ouji told reporters, adding that the Phase 14 refinery in South Pars will process between 56 and 60 million cubic meters of gas per day.

Two petrochemical plants will be commissioned by the end of this year, Iran's oil minister said.