In addition to South Pars, Irans long-term Natural Gas development plans may involve: the 48-Tcf North Pars field (a separate structure from South Pars); the 6.4-Tcf, non-associated Khuff (Dalan) Reservoir of the Salman Oil field (which straddles Irans maritime border with Abu Dhabi, where it is known as the Abu Koosh field); the 800-Bcf Zireh field in Bushehr province; the 4-Tcf Homa field in southern Fars province; the 14-Tcf Tabnak natural gas field located in southern Iran; the onshore Nar-Kangan fields, the 13-Tcf Aghar and Dalan fields in Fars province, and the Sarkhoun and Mand fields. In September 2003, President Khatami inaugurated the first phase of Tabnak development, along with a related gas processing plant and a combined cycle power facility.
In June 2004, the Iranian News Agency reported that Iran had discovered two new natural gas fields in the Persian Gulf, one at Balal and the other beneath Lavan Island (with possible reserves of 7 Tcf).