In the heart of Khuzestan, where oil and gas have shaped people’s lives for years, stands an old but vital complex that bears the title of “the mother of the country’s gas refineries.” The Bidblond 1 Gas Refinery, the first gas refinery in the Middle East, has been delivering energy from petroleum-related gases to the country’s homes and industries for more than half a century.

The pressure drop and gas production crisis in South Pars has begun, and this unfortunate event is happening in Hub One, at the location of platforms in phases 11 and 12. The very thing that the $17 billion pressure boosting project was designed to prevent, but that project still remains on paper.

Javad Oji is the tenth Iranian oil minister to use the famous phrase "hard winter" for Europe; however, contrary to his prediction, this winter was not harder than ever for Europe, but for Iran, and the energy imbalance during his term as minister became one of the most tangible crises in recent years.