Final UN annex records Bakhtaran refinery shutdowns tied to disrupted crude supply

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 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...

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...

From limited data, refinery fuel consumption appeared above average to the mission. It observed little energy-conservation equipment and connected this shortcoming with binding financial constraints.