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2018-01-29 Iraq

Iraq to build oil refinery in Fao with Chinese companies, plans two others

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq plans to build an oil refinery at the port of Fao on the Gulf with two Chinese companies, and is seeking investors to build three more, the oil ministry said on its website on Monday.

The refinery in Fao will have a 300,000 barrel-per-day capacity and include a petrochemical plant, it said.

Two other refineries, each with a 150,000-bpd capacity, are planned in Nasiriya, southern Iraq, and in the western Anbar province. A third, with a 100,000-bpd capacity, is planned in Qayara, near Mosul, the northern Iraqi city, which was taken back from Islamic State militants last year.

Iraq is OPEC’s second-largest oil producer, after Saudi Arabia. Its refining capacity was curtailed when Islamic State overran its largest oil processing plant in Baiji, north of Baghdad, in 2014.

Iraqi forces recaptured Baiji in 2015, but the place sustained heavy damage in the fighting. The country now relies on the Doura refinery, in Baghdad, and Shuaiba plant, in the south.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-01-29 03:36|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
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#1 So China will have a vested oil interest in having a stable Iraq. This might be good.

Posted by 3dc 2018-01-29 14:35|| 2018-01-29 14:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Good in the context that we can do our own oil, totally, some day and stick others with the thankless task of herding cats in the MidEast.

Posted by 3dc 2018-01-29 14:37|| 2018-01-29 14:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Our cats will move to South America I'm afraid.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-01-29 15:16|| 2018-01-29 15:16|| Front Page Top

#4 ...more reason for the Wall.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-01-29 16:42|| 2018-01-29 16:42|| Front Page Top

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