Final UN annex quantifies gas flaring and its lost energy value

Iran faced shortages of cement and iron, the annex stated. It recommended international cooperation to establish local building-material industries using domestic raw materials to support settlement...

The annex estimated demolition and debris removal could add 25 to 40 percent to urban reconstruction costs. The share depended on building size, construction type, condition and disposal method,...

The mission recognized Iran’s engineering, architecture and planning expertise. It identified building-material development and improved local construction methods as specific areas where additional...

The mission reported seeing signs that explosive charges had been detonated in Qasr-e-Shirin manholes. The annex recorded this observation alongside damage to underground pipes from buildings,...

The annex reported that only 360 of Iran’s 618 oil wells could operate without destroying reservoirs. Its assessment distinguished safely usable wells from the total number, illustrating a...

The annex linked unavailable compressors, turbines and gas-treatment equipment to Iran’s hard-currency shortage. It described reinjection for reservoir pressure and methanol production as possible...

The mission was informed that 15 million barrels of Abadan Refinery’s 20-million-barrel crude-storage capacity had been destroyed, involving over 100 tanks. This storage measure is distinct from daily...

The annex reported Kharg’s east and west terminals still 75 percent damaged, while the east T-jetty trestle had been rebuilt to about 90 percent of its prewar condition. Recovery of a pier did not...

NIOC told the mission that a Korean company had received a contract to build five one-million-barrel tanks and one 500,000-barrel tank at Kharg. The annex recorded a reconstruction contract, not...

The mission noted that southern-field cost estimates included technological updating and gas-reinjection facilities. It argued that these items should not all enter an accounting of strictly...