New Refineries in Iraq Start Full-Capacity Operations

Iraq’s Oil Ministry announced that newly developed refineries are now operating at full capacity, boosting domestic production of refined petroleum products. Deputy Minister Adnan Mohammed Hammoud said the projects aim to increase self-sufficiency in gasoline, kerosene, and gas oil through modern distillation, hydro-treatment, and gasoline upgrading units. Recently inaugurated facilities include the Salah al-Din Refinery-3 and North Refinery-2 with a combined capacity of 140,000 barrels per day, a 35,000 bpd Fluid Catalytic Cracking unit at Basra Refinery, and an 11,000 bpd hydro-treatment and gasoline upgrading unit in Kirkuk.