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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Bandar Abbas Refinery `Intact' After Iran Quake, Official Says

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By Ladane Nasseri

Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The Bandar Abbas oil refinery wasn't damaged by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 which struck Iran's southern Hormozgan province, an official said.

``There no problem, the refinery is intact,'' Habib Bejeli, director of operations at the Bandar Abbas refinery, said in a phone interview today.

The earthquake took place at 3:30 p.m. local time and was centered 46 kilometers (29 miles) west of the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, state-run Fars news agency said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Ladane Nasseri in Tehran at lnasseri@bloomberg.net.


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