[1] Its nationalisation in 1951 prompted the Abadan Crisis and ultimately the toppling of the democratically elected[2] prime minister Mossaddegh.

[3] The refinery was largely destroyed in September 1980 by Iraq during the initial stages of the Iraqi invasion of Iran's Khuzestan province, triggering the Iran–Iraq War.

[citation needed] It had a capacity of 635,000 b/d in 1980 and formed a refinery complex with important petrochemical plants.

Its capacity started to bounce back after the war ended in 1988, and was listed in 2013 as 429,000 barrels per day (68,200 m3/d) of crude oil.

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