Damaged unit of Iran’s South Pars refinery back operating, Nour News says
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A video screengrab released on June 14 shows a fire burning at the South Pars gas field in Iran.
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- Damaged unit of South Pars refinery Phase 14, hit by Israeli strike, returned to operation after about 10 days of repair.
- South Pars, the world's largest gas field in Iran, wasn't halted in gas production despite the fire caused by the strike.
- The Israeli strike on June 14 caused a fire which has been extinguished in one of the four units of Phase 14.
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TEHRAN - A damaged unit of the South Pars refinery’s Phase 14, which was hit by Israel in its first strike on Iran’s oil and gas sector, has returned to operation, the Iranian state-run agency Nour News reported on June 26.
South Pars, the world’s biggest gas field, is located offshore in Iran’s southern Bushehr province and is responsible for the lion’s share of the country’s gas production.
Iran is the world’s third largest gas producer after the United States and Russia.
Gas production was not halted and the damaged unit was repaired in about 10 days, the agency added.
On June 14, the Israeli strike caused a fire, which has been extinguished, in one of the four units of Phase 14.
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