Asalouyeh

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Asalouyeh (also Assalouyeh, Persian: عسلویه) is a town in southern Iran, in Bushehr Province. Located on the shore of the Persian Gulf, southwest of the provincial capital of Bushehr, it is best known as the site for the land based facilities of the huge PSEEZ (Pars Special Energy Economic Zone) project. The town itself is of minor significance, although it is common practice to refer to PSEEZ (established 1998) and Asaluyeh town collectively as Asaluyeh.

Asalouyeh was chosen as the site of the PSEEZ facilities due to it being the closest land point to possibly the largest natural gas field in the world, the South Pars Gas Field. In addition, an existing airport and direct access to international waters via a deep water port were already present.