2024 RT Amination Banner.gif

China Daily

News> Business> Content
Monday, January 29, 2018, 15:40
Iraq to build oil refinery in Fao with Chinese firms
By Reuters
Monday, January 29, 2018, 15:40 By Reuters

BAGHDAD - 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.

ALSO READ: Singapore uncovers large oil heist at Shell's biggest refinery

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.

READ MORE: China developing first smart oil carrier

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.

Share this story