They are certainly no secret for anyone willing to spend 5 minutes searching on the internet. The can be confirmed by many sources.
Posted on 06/27/2007 7:14:43 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Yes, it is.
There is a grand total of 1 oil refinery in Iran. Quite a tempting target.
-—There is a grand total of 1 oil refinery in Iran. Quite a tempting target.-—
Iran has several refineries
Abadan (400,000-bbl/d capacity)
Isfahan (265,000 bbl/d)
Bandar Abbas (232,000 bbl/d)
Tehran (225,000 bbl/d)
Arak (150,000 bbl/d)
Tabriz (112,000 bbl/d)
Refineries are also in Kermanshah, Shiraz and Lavan Island .
EIA, Country Analysis Briefs, Iran, Oil
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Iran/Oil.html
National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company
http://www.nioc.org/subCompanies/niordc/index.asp
My word. One refinery. I wonder how much ordnance would be required to reduce that to dust? A conventional weapon, that is.
This is a good news/bad new report.
One thing jumped out at me, esp given alot of other reports about war preps in the region:”
“The restrictions began at midnight local time on Wednesday (2030 GMT Tuesday) and would continue for four months - with a possible extension to six months - the government said.”
Why the time table? If this is economic what will be different in 4-6 months? We kow that the Iranian economy has been bad and there are shortages, and this may explain whats going on, but could this also be a diverting of fuel supplies to military reserves? Could this be a precursor move that could signal that Iran is contemplating or worried about military hostilities in the next few months?
Or, could this drive Iran to start trouble externally to distract an unhappy domestic population?
This is something we can certainly exploit if we play our cards right ... but we need to keep our powder very dry ... just in case.
More instability in a powder keg of a region.
LOL!
Good post, Mac. Thanks!
Your second point had occurred to me as well.
-Rex
Photos....see post #15.
Think Totalitarian Population control...
If the sheeple have no gas, they can only travel by public transportation, and that means they can be TRACKED....
Thanks, thackney.
OK, now we have several targets!
Wonder why we keep hearing that they have just one gasoline refinery?
Excellent analysis!
Yup, and that’s kinda how I see a war with them going ... kind of a 21st century seige by both sides on each others economies.
We would seize Kharg Island, blockade their import and export of fuel products, and hit their refineries. We would put them in a real bind real quick ... then we would systematically take down their nuclear infrastructure.
Iran will try their own version, hitting regional oil facilites in Iraq and the moderate Arab states as well as threaten shipping via the Straits of Hormuz. They’ll try to drive oil through the room and create an economic crisis in the West. All the while unleashing proxies in Iraq and elsewhere.
Our attacks will have the quickest impact but Iran is not an open government and can crush dissent.
Here the impact will be painful, but not as quickly, but public outcry and political opposition in our system of government can have much more of a policy impact.
Basically, we’d see who cries uncle first.
Where do you hear it? The only place I come across that claim is posters on FR.
They are certainly no secret for anyone willing to spend 5 minutes searching on the internet. The can be confirmed by many sources.
Thanks for the reply and the great map....yes,...I’ve heard it here....clearly totally wrong!
National Iranian Oil Company
(NIOC)
Gas Refining Companies
Bid Boland Gas Refinery Co.
Fajr-e-Jam (Kangan) Gas Refinery Co.
Ilam Gas Refinery Co.
Masjed Soleiman Gas Treating Plant
Parsian Gas Refinery Co.
Sarkhon & Qeshm Gas Refinery Co.
Shahid Hashemi Nejad (Khangiran) Gas Refinery Co.
South Pars Gas Complex (SPGC)
National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company
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National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC)
National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Co. (NIOPDC)
National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction Co. (NIOEC)
Iranian Oil Pipeline and Telecommunication Co. (IOPTC)
Abadan Oil Refining Co.
Kermanshah Oil Refining Co.
Esfahan Oil Refining Co.
Shiraz Oil Refining Co.
Tehran Oil Refining Co.
Bandar Abbas Oil Refining Co.
Shazand-e-Arak Oil Refining Co.
Tabriz Oil Refining Co.
Lavan Oil Refining Co.
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