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Iranian authorities extinguish South Pars platform fire, rescue 17 workers
Iranian authorities announced that they had brought under control a fire that broke out at a gas platform in Phase 14 of the South Pars field after 17 workers jumped into the sea before being rescued.
Iranian authorities announced that they had brought under control a fire that broke out on Tuesday at a gas platform in Phase 14 of the South Pars field, the world's largest offshore gas field, according to Fars News Agency, which cited the Pars Oil and Gas Company.
Bushehr Province crisis management director-general Kourosh Dehghan said that “17 workers jumped into the sea to save themselves” during the incident. The administration later announced that all of them were in good condition after boarding lifeboats and rescue boats, and that three heavy rescue vessels had been sent to the platform to bring them back.
Fars added that officials were examining the possibility that a gas leak or an operational malfunction had caused the fire, noting that the platform produces only 14.5 million cubic meters of the field's total daily output, which exceeds 700 million cubic meters of gas.
Iran shares the field with Qatar, which calls the section located in its waters the “North Field.” The reservoir is considered one of the world's largest natural gas reserves.
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