Tasnim News Agency reported the suspension of gas production in part of the southern Iranian field, the largest gas field in the world, following an Israeli attack on the site.
Iran shares the field with Qatar, and its bombing represents a major escalation in the conflict, which has already pushed oil prices to increase 9% the day before yesterday, Friday, even though Israel did not attack the Iranian oil and gas sector on the first day of its campaign.
And fighter Israel Yesterday, Saturday, a air attack on Iran, killing military leaders, scientists, bombing nuclear sites and energy infrastructure, while it says it is an attempt to prevent Iran It is made a nuclear weapon.
The southern Pars field is located off the coast of Bushehr Governorate, southern Iran, and is the owner of the largest stake in gas production in Iran, the third largest gas producer in the world yet. US And Russia.
a fire
The Israeli bombing led to the outbreak of a fire that the Iranian Oil Ministry said was later extinguished.
“Because of a fire in one of the four units in the 14th stage of the southern Pars field, the production of 12 million cubic meters of gas stopped from the stage of stage 14 temporarily until this section was restarted from the refinery,” Tasnim said.
Iran produces about 275 billion cubic meters of gas annually, equivalent to about 6.5% of global gas production, and consumes it locally because it cannot export gas due to sanctions.
Iran shares the field with Qatar, which is called the North Field, and produces Qatar 77 million tons of gas from this field.