“A leak was discovered on Friday in the shipping line (below the water) of the sixteenth production platform,” the company, which operates the fields, said in a statement, Saturday.
She said that the platform’s exits were closed immediately. The leak was not fully controlled,” according to Shana news agency, affiliated with the Iranian Oil Ministry.
The statement indicated that the platform is “currently out of service.”
The field, the world’s largest for natural gas, which Iran shares with Qatar, includes 24 platforms on the Iranian side.
In its statement, the Iranian company stated that “a lightning bolt ignited the gas leaking to the surface of the water 15 km from the platform. It was immediately controlled after stopping production.”
The director of production in South Pars, Alireza Ebadi, indicated that repairing the transmission line may take time because it is under water, according to statements to state television on Saturday.
Iran has the second largest proven natural gas reserves in the world after Russia.
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