TEHRAN – Debris removal 
operations across damaged refineries at Iran’s South Pars natural gas complex have been officially concluded, according to Farrokh Alikhani, Deputy Director for Integrated Affairs at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).
 Alikhani confirmed that clearance work at each affected refinery was carried out in under two months, alongside a phased initiative to restore lost production capacity.
Highlighting the scale of destruction across the processing facilities, Alikhani noted that response teams extracted nearly 4,000 tons of debris—consisting of melted, twisted, and pulverized steel structures and heavy equipment—from each affected site.
He characterized the operation as exceptionally hazardous and declared the sheer volume of rubble a testament to the severity of the attacks launched against the nation’s energy infrastructure.
The clearance effort presented major structural and safety hazards. According to Alikhani, collapsed distillation and processing towers weighing between 400 and 500 tons had fallen into neighboring equipment and pipeline networks.
Operations were further complicated by high-risk toxic sour gas trapped inside damaged piping and towers, which posed severe risk of accidental release during equipment extraction.
Officials emphasize that production capacity is being restored in phases. The NIOC plans to bring additional production lines back online by late February or early March (the end of the Persian calendar month of Esfand) to continue rebuilding operational capacity.