Iran restores gas production at refinery damaged in Israeli aggression

Tehran - BORNA - Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad toured the Fajr Jam refinery in the southern province of Bushehr on Monday, saying the facility is now supplying up to 13 million cubic meters (mcm) per day of sweetened gas to the national pipeline network as a result of the timely repair. 

Paknejad said Iranian technicians and experts had fully repaired the two processing trains at the Fajr Jam refinery that were damaged during the Israeli attacks.

He added that the restoration of the plant would play a major role in supplying gas to households and businesses during the current cold season.

The Fajr Jam refinery is one of the largest gas refineries in the Middle East. The facility processes gas supplied from South Pars, the world’s largest gas field, which straddles the Iran–Qatar maritime border, as well as several other gas reserves in the Persian Gulf.

Paknejad said he would also tour a second gas refinery damaged in the Israeli war of aggression, located in Phase 14 of South Pars, noting that the facility is expected to resume operations soon after repair work on one of its trains is completed.

The minister said gas production from the Iranian section of South Pars, which is responsible for more than 70% of the country’s total gas demand, had reached a record level of 725 mcm per day.

Iran’s energy infrastructure was affected during the 12-day Israeli war of aggression in mid-June last year. The attacks included oil storage facilities in Tehran and several energy installations in southern Iran.

Iran, in turn, responded with missile strikes targeting energy-related facilities in Israeli-occupied areas, including a large refinery in the port city of Haifa, which sustained extensive damage as a result of Iranian attacks.

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