A general view shows a unit of South Pars Gas field in Asalouyeh Seaport, north of Persian Gulf, Iran November 19, 2015 (photo credit: REUTERS/RAHEB HOMAVANDI/TIMA)
The refinery, like almost all Iranian oil and gas processing plants, needs major works and renovation.
A fire that broke out on Saturday at a unit of Iran’s Abadan refinery, killing one employee, has been brought under control, Iran’s oil ministry’s SHANA news agency reported.
It said operations were unaffected.
“According to initial technical probes, the cause of the fire was a leak in one of the pumps in Unit 70, and no evidence of sabotage or human intervention has been observed so far,” Shana reported.
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State television said firefighters from Abadan and nearby areas had responded.
Smoke rises near Iran’s Abadan refinery, as seen from al-Siba district on the Iraqi side of the border, in Basra, Iraq, June 14, 2025 (credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)
Local new agencies earlier carried videos showing large flames and dark stacks of smoke rising from a segment of the refinery, Iran’s oldest crude processing facility in the southwestern oil-rich Khuzestan Province, which is currently among one of the hottest places in the world. Temperatures are nearly 50 degrees Celsius (122°F).
The refinery, like almost all Iranian oil and gas processing plants, needs major works and renovation.