Four oil refineries to be built in Iraqi provinces

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A number of international companies have laid the main designs for a number of oil refineries in Iraq’s Missan, Dhi-Qar, Karbala and Kirkuk Provinces, according to a media spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry on Sunday “The Iraq Oil Ministry has approved the designs for four oil refineries and sent them to a number of international investment companies, specialized in building oil refineries, to be built in Dhi-Qar Province with 300,000 barrels capacity, Kirkuk – 150,000 barrels, Karbala – 140,000 barrels and Missan – 150,000 barrels,” Assem Jihad told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said the Ministry had concluded contracts with those companies to build the oil refineries, according to modern technology, aimed at transferring Iraq from a country importing oil derivatives to an exporting country for same, adding that “the said step is considered as an important development in the Iraqi oil transplantation industry. SKH/SR 2