Final UN report records estimated upstream oil-reconstruction requirements

The report recorded requests for international advice on conserving stone, baked brick and adobe. Technical assistance was also sought for studying Shushtar’s ancient water mills and irrigation...

The report proposed focusing a draft UNDP heritage project on Tehran’s National Research Laboratory. It also identified funding needs to restore historic houses in Esfahan for expansion of the...

Despite substantial human resources and the competence of traditional craftsmen and supervising experts, the UN mission expected completion of necessary cultural-heritage restoration to take many...

The report recorded Kharg Island’s crude-oil loading capacity falling from a prewar 14 million barrels per day to about 2 million. It linked the reduction to extensive damage at Iran’s principal...

Kharg’s crude-oil storage capacity fell from 22 million barrels in 39 tanks before the war to 10 million barrels. The report stated that attack-related fires completely destroyed 21 tanks.

Most refineries had regained or exceeded prewar production after repairs and debottlenecking. Abadan operated at a little over one third of original capacity because of crude shortages, although it...

The joint-venture petrochemical plant at Bandar Khomeini was more than 60 percent complete when war began. The report described suspension of the project because of damage, high reconstruction costs...

Most petrochemical plants, excluding the joint venture, again operated near prewar capacity. The report stressed that much rebuilding was temporary and major funding had not yet been earmarked for...

The report recorded Iranian estimates for reconstruction of seven refineries and seven petrochemical plants. Past and projected downstream costs totaled 218,738 million rials and $4,098 million; these...

Iran estimated it had spent the equivalent of $2.7 billion rebuilding the oil industry and expected a further $24 billion to complete the task. The UN report presented completed expenditure separately...