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Abadan

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Abadan , city (1991 pop. 84,774), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, on Abadan Island, in the delta of the Shatt al Arab, at the head of the Persian Gulf. It is the terminus of major oil pipelines and is an important oil refining and shipping center. Abadan Island was ceded to Iran by Turkey in 1847. Abadan city was an unimportant village until the discovery (1908) of nearby oil fields. Its oil refinery (commissioned 1913) was the largest in the world by the 1970s. The refinery, together with the rest of the city, was destroyed during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. After the war's end in 1988, Abadan... Read more
Mesopotamia Campaign
A Dictionary of World History ... War I) A British military campaign against the Ottoman Turks in Mesopotamia (southern Iraq). In 1913 Britain had acquired the Abadan oilfield of Persia (now Iran), and when war broke out in 1914, it was concerned to protect both the oilfields and the route ... Read more
Shatt al-Arab
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... Euphrates rivers. It flows southeastward for 120 mi (193 km) and passes the Iraqi port of Al-Basrah and the Iranian port of Abadan before emptying into the Persian Gulf. With dredging, the river is navigable by shallow-draft oceangoing vessels. For about ... Read more

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Businessman here buys Abadan Reprographics
Journal of Business; 2/13/1997; Harrell, Lisa; 278 words ; Abadan Reprographics, a longtime Spokane copy service and seller of reproduction equipment and supplies, has been sold to the owner of Northwest Microfilm Inc., also of Spokane. Abadan Reprographics is a unit of Abadan Inc., which also operates Abadan Event Services, the producer of the annual ... Read more
THAI PRIVATE SECTOR SHOWS INTEREST IN ABADAN
Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 11/29/2004; 137 words ; According to "Tehran Times", Head of Abadan Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines ... that Thai private sector was to invest in Abadan. He said the Thai investors were to invest ... of Thai-made products via Iran through Abadan to Iraq and Central Asian markets were ... Read more
ABADAN PROVINCE REPORTS LESS FREIGHT
Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 5/4/2003; 69 words ; ... Navigation Office in the Iranian Port of Abadan, Hadayatallah Mahdawy, revealed that the ... loaded and unloaded cargo via the Port of Abadan collapsed by 82 percent because of the ... tons of cargo was loaded and unloaded via Abadan port compared with 12,488 tons in the ... Read more
REVAMPED ABADAN OIL REFINERY TO COME ON STREAM SOON
Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 1/5/2005; 84 words ; According to "Tehran Times", Abadan Oil Refinery Development and Renovation Project with the aim of ... He also added that, Phase I of the development and renovation of Abadan Oil Refinery which includes enhancing the output capacity of the ... Read more
GASOLINE PRODUCTION AT ABADAN REFINERY TO INCREASE
Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 1/5/2005; 83 words ; According to "Tehran Times", the catalyst conversion unit of Abadan refinery is currently producing about 19,000 barrels per day ... will be producing 24,000 barrels per day. Managing director of Abadan refinery noted that the permit for renovation of the plant has ... Read more
FIRST BANANA TREE FRUCTIFIED IN ABADAN
Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 7/20/2004; 157 words ; ... fructified in Shalheh Samaver a village in Abadan city, Khuzestan southern province, said Abadan director of Agriculture Jihad, Abdolkarim ... agriculture Jihad experts made great efforts in Abadan for years, the cultivation of banana seedlings ... Read more
ABADAN REFINERY TO INCREASE PRODUCTION
Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 5/25/2005; 78 words ; ... studies of constructing a new refinery in Abadan, Khuzestan Province, would be completed ... the project commissioner of renovating Abadan Refinery, Mohammad-Reza Musavi, said ... first phase of the project, renovating Abadan Refinery, would be completed by June ... Read more
THREE-MONTH STEVEDORING AT ABADAN PORT EXCEEDS 12,000 TONS
Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 6/29/2006; 101 words ; ... of goods were loaded and unloaded at Abadan Port in the first quarter of the current Iranian year, Head of Abadan Port and Shipping Department Ali-Akbar ... The goods imported to or exported from Abadan port city in the said period consisted ... Read more
ABADAN CUSTOMS AUTHORITY CARGO EXPORT STATISTICS
Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 12/6/2005; 99 words ; ... over $70 million have been exported via Abadan Customs Office since beginning of the ... Gallehdari noted that the general revenues of Abadan Customs Office have grown by 65 percent ... in this period, the foreign transit via Abadan Customs stood at some $10 million for ... Read more
ABADAN WATER SHORTAGE ALLEVIATED
Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 7/29/2004; 132 words ; ... problem has been partly alleviated in Abadan, southern Iranian province of Khuzestan, said the representative of Abadan constituency at the Islamic Consultative ... facilities of the city. Abdollah Ka'bi, Abadan representative was briefed from renovation ... Read more

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Free Article IRAN: ABADAN PORT REPORTS JUMP IN NON-OIL EXPORTS.(Brief Article)
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