UN experts inspect resumed production at Abadan’s petrochemical plant

The mission visited twelve oil, gas and associated facilities around Ahvaz and Aghajari. Missing critical machinery left operations inefficient, while unrecovered gas and natural-gas liquids were...

Experts found damage to critical equipment at Bandar Mahshahr’s natural-gas-liquids plant. Officials said throughput remained low because damaged upstream gathering facilities could not provide enough...

Experts visited Nasamia, Sabzab and Tang Fani pumping stations. Oil and product supply had returned to normal after reconstruction, although some instrumentation and building repairs would need more...

At Razi Petrochemical Complex, experts saw damaged areas that had been repaired. Most sections were reported near original capacity, but tankage and instrumentation still needed substantial...

The mission inspected Farabi’s specialty-chemical plant, where tanks, machinery and a control centre had been damaged. Reconstruction begun in 1989 was reported only half complete at the June 1991...

The mission visited Kharg Island and assessed its heavily damaged storage and loading facilities. Reconstructed jetties could serve only reduced numbers of ships, using temporary arrangements that...

During its Kharg assessment, the mission reported extensive damage to the island’s housing complex and reconstruction under way. Recovery of workers’ homes accompanied the effort to restore the...

Inspecting the export terminal serving Abadan Refinery, experts found a destroyed control centre only partly rebuilt and operating manually. Damaged storage tanks remained, with reconstruction...

The mission’s helicopter survey covered Abouzar field, where wartime attacks had stopped production. Temporary reconstruction had restored some output, but reported production remained far below the...

In its offshore survey, the mission recorded that Nowruz field had not yet undergone reconstruction and that its wells were cemented in. Some oil-production sites remained closed long after the...