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Fire contained on platform in Iran’s South Pars gas field

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A fire broke out on Tuesday at a gas platform in Phase 14 of Iran's South Pars field, the largest offshore natural gas field globally. Iranian officials from Pars Oil and Gas Company reported that the fire was quickly contained; meanwhile, 17 workers evacuated by jumping into the sea but were later rescued unharmed. The incident caused only minor disruption to production as the affected platform contributes just 14.5 million cubic metres daily to South Pars's total output of over 700 million cubic metres.
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“Further details regarding the scale of the incident and the condition of the workers will be announced later,” Dehghan added.
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3Qatari Fars Iran Iranian The Pars Oil and Gas Company

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Iran GPE · 4× Fars ORG · 3× 3Iran GPE · 1× 3Qatari NORP · 1× Bushehr Province’s GPE · 1× Dehghan PERSON · 1× Iranian NORP · 1× Kourosh Dehghan PERSON · 1× The Pars Oil and Gas Company ORG · 1× Washington GPE · 1×

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“Further details regarding the scale of the incident and the condition of the workers will be announced later,” Dehghan added.
2026-11-11 · Al Jazeera
Fire contained on platform in Iran’s South Pars gas field · assertive framing

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Iranian authorities have contained a fire that broke out on a platform in South Pars gas field, the world’s largest offshore natural gas field. asserted
that → contain → field
The Pars Oil and Gas Company said the fire broke out on Tuesday on a gas platform in Phase 14 of the South Pars field and was extinguished immediately, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported. asserted
agency → say → field
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Dehghan → build → Fars
“Further details regarding the scale of the incident and the condition of the workers will be announced later,” Dehghan added. asserted
Dehghan → regard → workers
Bushehr’s crisis management office later said all 17 workers were in good condition after boarding lifeboats and rescue craft, and that three heavy rescue vessels had been sent to the platform to bring them back. asserted
vessels → say → them
Officials are considering a gas leak or an operational mishap as possible causes for the fire, Fars said. asserted
Fars → consider → fire
The news agency added that the platform accounts for only 14.5 million cubic metres of South Pars’s total daily production of more than 700 million cubic metres of gas. asserted
platform → add → gas
Iran shares the reservoir with major gas exporter Qatar, which calls its portion the North Dome. asserted
which → share → portion
The reservoir contains an estimated 1,800 trillion cubic feet (51 trillion cubic metres) of usable gas, enough to supply the world’s needs for 13 years. asserted
reservoir → contain → years
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