Final UN annex records Esfahan refinery shutdown days after seven attacks

The annex reported nearly 500 million barrels of light-fuel imports during 1980–1988, implying over $5 billion in hard-currency outlays. Imports offset disrupted refinery supply; this spending is...

Iran told the mission that wartime rationing masked actual fuel demand and imports might otherwise have exceeded 400,000 barrels per day. The annex presented this as a government counterfactual, not...

The annex described a strategy to maintain about 400,000 barrels per day at Abadan and develop matching secondary-processing units. Longer-term plans were unclear; possible restoration of full...

Planning for Abadan Refinery considered its role in anchoring recovery of Abadan and Khorramshahr, existing facilities and technical skills, and Abadan’s symbolic importance. The annex connected...

The annex recorded two wartime attacks on Tehran Refinery and 247 days of lost productive capacity. Repairs followed each attack; this cumulative interruption measure is separate from throughput...

Tabriz Refinery endured 14 wartime attacks and 238 days of lost production, the annex reported. The mission suggested mountainous terrain and relative inaccessibility probably reduced the frequency of...

The annex recorded four reported attacks on Shiraz Refinery and 165 days of lost production. It associated fewer attacks with distance from war activity, while recognizing the refinery and neighboring...

The annex recorded 1,400 lost production days at Bakhtaran Refinery. It stated that the plant was completely shut during 1981 and 1982 because its crude-supply pipeline had been destroyed, linking...

Lavan’s small topping plant suffered two attacks and 53 days of lost production, the annex reported. It supplied the island community and nearby crude-production operations, so its interruption...

The annex warned that restored refinery capacity still relied on instruments, controls and equipment ten to fifteen years old. Production recovery therefore coexisted with technological and efficiency...