On Tuesday, November 10, Fars Oil and Gas Company announced the occurrence of a fire at one of the gas platforms of South Fars Phase 14 and announced that the fire had been extinguished.
This company's statement published in the Iranian media states that the operation to clear the platform was carried out at the same time and "the workers left the platform in full health".
The cause of this fire was not mentioned in Fars Oil and Gas Company's statement, but Fars News Agency quoted Ahmad Zartkar, Deputy Planning Officer of the Oil Ministry, as saying that there were two possibilities, including "a gas leak or an operational accident."
This oil ministry official said: "The production of this platform is 14.5 million cubic meters out of more than 700 million cubic meters of gas production in South Fars."
In the meantime, officials of the Iranian Oil Ministry announced in recent days that the shortage of gas in the country has increased due to the damage to the South Pars facilities during the 40-day war.
🔸 Hamid Bord, Minister of Petroleum, confirmed on November 4 the 25% reduction in gas production capacity due to US attacks and Israeli prisoners.