Israel’s 197,000 b/d Bazan refinery suffered significant damage when it was hit by Iranian missiles on 14 June (MEES, 20 June), and the plant is still months away from returning to full operations.
The refinery was immediately taken offline after the strike. In early July, Bazan was able to partially restart the 27,000 b/d capacity CDU 1 and 57,000 b/d CDU 3 but the largest unit, the 113,000 CDU 4, remains offline (MEES, 4 July). “Full production activities are expected to resume in the fourth quarter of 2025,” says CEO Assaf Alamgor, telling investors that “two out of three of Bazan’s refining facilities are back in operation, constituting half of the production capacity.” (CONTINUED - 721 WORDS)
