Two earthquakes with magnitudes 6.4 and 6.3, which hit the southern province of Hormozgan on Sunday, have not damaged oil and gas facilities in the region that is home to several hydrocarbon deposits, crude loading piers, petrochemical plants, crude processing facilities and massive oil storage units.
According to Mohammad Ali Mojtahedzadeh, the head of Bandar Abbas Oil Refinery’s Public Relations Office, all infrastructure facilities were spared by the quake in the region where several oil and gas plants have been built or are under construction, the Oil Ministry’s news portal Shana reported.
The earthquakes shook Iran's energy province of Hormozgan located alongside the Persian Gulf, with the epicenter at the town of Laaft on Qeshm Island. Nonetheless, operations and flows have not been impacted in major oil facilities, including the Persian Gulf Star Refinery. Moreover, Bandar Abbas Oil Refinery has remained intact.
"No damage was reported to the facilities and operations are normal," he said.
In Bandar Abbas, home to a 350,000-bpd refinery, some telecommunication and power systems have been cut and walls of houses have cracked, and a man was killed by a broken electrical power pole, according to local reports.
Hamed Mollazadeh-Sadeqiyoun, the head of the provincial oil products distribution company, said fuel supply stations were likewise unaffected.
"There is no shortage in supply and distribution of fuel in the quake-hit areas," he said.
The National Iranian Gas Company confirmed that the earthquakes had not damaged nearby gas projects and plants.
"Gas flow in the earthquake-stricken town is stable," Mohammad Asgari, the company's spokesman, was quoted as saying by Shana.
State television quoted seismic research centers that Dubai, south of the epicenter and on the other side of the Persian Gulf waters, has also felt the jolt.
