Iran has installed the largest offshore drilling platform ever placed in the Persian Gulf, overcoming years of US sanctions and recent aerial strikes on its energy infrastructure to complete the flagship project using only domestic technology and expertise.
The P4 platform, weighing approximately 6,200 metric tons, has been mounted at the Reshadat oilfield, around 90 kilometres south of Lavan Island. Iran's state oil company says the entire process of design, engineering, construction and installation was carried out by its own staff and subsidiary firms, without any foreign involvement.
