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Mon, 08/08/2011 - 10:47
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Incident hit Iran's Pardis Petrochemical complex

(UPDATE)

Azerbaijan, Baku, August8 / Trend /
Details added (first version posted at 11:04)
The ammoniac reservoir was punctured at the Iranian Pardis petrochemical complex in the Asalluyeh region. Workers have been evacuated due to the risk of a freeze within a 3km radius,Mehr reported.
A full alert was issued at Pars Special Economic Energy Zone (PSEEZ) due to a puncture in one of the ammoniac reservoirs in Phase one of the Pardis petrochemical complex, early Monday morning.
To prevent possible incidents, the evacuation began of Zagros, Pardis 1 and 2 complexes in Pars Special Economic Energy Zone (PSEEZ), while a rescue team, fire fighters, and a technical team started to evacuate ammoniac reservoirs.
The high temperatures of ammonic injected into reservoirs increased the pressure inside, leading to a 3cm puncture.
There have not been any casualties resulting from the incident so far. The technical team aims to evacuate and transfer ammoniac to the urea production line.

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