Final UN report distinguishes petrochemical output recovery from permanent repair

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.

Iranian authorities estimated upstream oil reconstruction, combining past expenditure and future requirements, at 795,500 million rials and $18,999 million. The report covered southern fields,...

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...

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...

The report noted differences between oil-sector estimates supplied by NIOC and the Vice-President for Reconstruction. NIOC data covered only part of the program, while the Vice-President’s figures...

Airports, roads and railways were repaired during the war to keep border transport corridors open, sometimes repeatedly after new damage. The UN report noted that these repeated repairs were reflected...

Iran estimated direct transport losses at 1,085,600 million rials. The report warned that this measured component omitted delayed road, railway and port development that created bottlenecks in other...