Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr. 27
By Umid Niayesh - Trend:
At least seven people were injured in a gas leakage incident in a refinery in Iran's central city of Arak.
The incident took place in the sour water unit of Shazand refinery early this morning, Iran's Farsnews agency reported April 27.
Seven people were poisoned by gas, according to the report. The condition of four people remains serious.
It should be noted that the Shazand refinery has experienced various incidents in recent months.
Last November two people were severely injured in a fire that occurred at the Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC) unit of the refinery.
The incident occurred due to oil products' leakage in the discharge point of the refinery's main tower.
The refinery's RFCC unit went offline several times due to technical problems last year.
During the downtime, the refinery's Euro 4 gasoline production was decreased by 8-9 million liters per day and almost halved.
Edited by CN
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