RoydadNaft –  The governor of Bushehr, thanking oil-industry staff for round-the-clock efforts to rebuild damaged South Pars facilities, said specialists and workers moved in from the first hours after the incident to control the fire and start reconstruction, and are still pressing ahead with the work despite difficult weather.

According to Roydad Naft, Arsalan Zareh spoke on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, on the sidelines of a visit by Hamid Bovard, acting oil minister, to the damaged South Pars refineries. Pointing to the efforts of experts, specialists, and managers of the country’s oil and gas industry, especially staff based at the South Pars site, he said oil workers acted from the first moments after the enemy attack to control the fires, and in the following days, after expert reviews, began debris clearance.

Oil staff have worked day and night to rebuild the damaged facilities, and the work continues with seriousness, Zareh said, referring to reconstruction continuing through the summer in temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius and humidity above 70%.

He called oil-industry staff fighters who, with continuous effort, are pursuing reconstruction of the damaged facilities so energy-supply problems are reduced in winter.

In continuous visits to damaged facilities and in meetings with oil staff in Bushehr province and on Kharg Island, the visits were made to thank staff and encourage them at their place of work, and no complaint about the hardships of the work was ever heard from them, Zareh said.

The Oil Ministry has not fallen short in providing the needed facilities, equipment, and support, though making some required equipment naturally takes time, he said, thanking the ministry’s support for the reconstruction.

Full reconstruction of all damaged sections is not possible by the start of winter, and public participation in managing energy use is essential. Just as people cooperated with the government last winter, they are expected this year, through optimal energy use, to help their public servants secure stable energy, Zareh said.

Bovard, together with Zareh and Mousa Ahmadi, head of Parliament’s Energy Commission, visited the damaged South Pars refineries and the Jam Petrochemical and Mobin Energy Persian Gulf complexes on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

At the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth South Pars refineries, Bovard reviewed the reconstruction and the steps taken to restore the damaged sections.