On Tuesday, November 10, minutes after the fire broke out on platform SPD14D belonging to the 14th stage of the South Fars gas field, the public relations of the Fars Oil and Gas Company announced that with the timely action of the operational and safety forces, the fire of this platform was contained and completely controlled.
In this context, the deputy oil minister noted that this platform constitutes 14.5 million cubic meters out of a total of more than 700 million cubic meters of gas produced in South Fars.
The exact cause of this incident is still under investigation and experts are examining two possibilities of a "gas leak" or an "operational accident" as the possible causes of this incident. Officials assured that the situation in the area is under full control.