Nasrollah Pezhmanfar, touring South Pars Gas Complex refineries, praised staff for working around the clock to rebuild damaged facilities and bring production capacity back online. He said the rapid recovery of gas capacity reflected the faith, accountability and dedication of the complex's employees.

Noting South Pars' strategic role in the country's energy supply and economy, he said engineers, technicians and workers from across Iran work side by side at the complex, making it a symbol of technical expertise, solidarity and national unity.

Pezhmanfar said staff were striving to sustain output under difficult conditions after the facilities were damaged. "Just as the country is defended on the battlefield, these employees are on the front line of serving the people and the economy by working to maintain production," he said.

He said continued production and the recovery of lost capacity bear directly on people's livelihoods and the country's supply needs, and any measure that could shorten the recovery time should be pursued vigorously.

The Article 90 Committee is ready to support South Pars Gas Complex and remove obstacles it faces, Pezhmanfar said, describing the panel's approach as oversight combined with support. He said the committee would step in wherever barriers hinder the complex's legal missions.

He also stressed strict implementation of legal obligations and agreements among executive bodies. Matters set out under the law and understandings must be followed through seriously, he said, and agencies should report their performance to the commission on an ongoing basis.

100 mcm/d of South Pars Gas Capacity Restored

The managing director of South Pars Gas Complex Company said 100 million cubic meters of lost gas production capacity has returned to service, despite damage to four of the complex's refineries during the third imposed war. He credited round-the-clock work by staff and early-production plans.

Gholamabbas Hosseini said the complex continued to meet its responsibility for supplying the country's gas during wartime, and that employees did not allow production to stop despite the hardships.

He said four refineries were damaged in enemy attacks, knocking part of the sweet gas production capacity offline. Through immediate planning, mobilization of operational resources and early-production projects, part of that capacity was restored as quickly as possible, he said, with 100 million cubic meters now back in service.

Hosseini said a significant share of the country's gas needs, petrochemical feedstock and some key energy products, including gasoline, depend on the continued operation of the complex.

Plans to restore more of the damaged capacity are being carried out with urgency, he said. With teams working around the clock, part of the remaining capacity will return to production ahead of schedule, he said.

He said reconstruction of the four damaged refineries has begun. Debris removal is complete, and rebuilding is underway with selected contractors.

The "early production" approach is also part of the reconstruction effort, Hosseini said, allowing sections of the refineries to come online in stages before rebuilding is fully completed, so national gas capacity can grow as quickly as possible.

Thanking the Oil Ministry and other responsible bodies for their support, he said the work now under way at the complex stems from the perseverance of employees who made stable energy supply their mission under the harshest conditions and refused to let gas production halt.

Efforts to fully restore production capacity and finish rebuilding the damaged refineries are continuing at full strength, he said. The company is committed to sustaining production and safeguarding the country's energy security, he added.