Final UN annex records Shiraz refinery shutdown days after four attacks

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...

Seven wartime attacks on Esfahan Refinery caused 364 lost operating days, the annex reported. Reconstruction proceeded after attacks, but some temporary repairs still needed permanent correction at...

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 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...

The mission found refinery saleable yields of 94–96 percent broadly average for the industry. It assessed this performance measure separately from throughput, fuel use, product mix and losses.

The mission was informed that refinery weight losses approached 0.5 percent and judged this unsatisfactory. The annex treated these losses as a performance concern rather than assuming restored output...