By John Lee. On Friday, Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani reopened the al-Shamal refinery at the Baiji Refinery complex. The plant has been rehabilitated by the Northern Refineries Company (NRC), having been inactive for more than ten years. The Prime Minister said the opening brings Iraq closer to fully securing the country's needs for petroleum […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Electricity, Engineer Ziad Ali Fadel, met with a delegation from the Qatari company Urbacon on Monday. The discussions focused on plans for the reconstruction of the Baiji Thermal Power Station in Salahuddin Province. The plant, which the Ministry sees as an investment opportunity, has a capacity of 2,100 MW. […]
UK-based Aggreko (Middle East) and Iraq's North Refineries Company have signed a contract for rental of temporary power generators to supply 15MW of power to Baiji Refinery as a first stage. For Aggreko, the world’s largest supplier of temporary power, which also supplies South Refineries Company with 25MW, This contract will help broaden the partnership […]
By John Lee. Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi [Allibi, Luiebi] announced on Sunday the full rehabilitation of the Salahaddin-2 unit at Baiji oil refinery. The refinery was shut down in 2014 due to the actions of the Islamic State group (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh). The Salahaddin-2 unit has a capacity of 70,000 barrels per day […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has announced that it will start rehabilitation of the Salahuddin refineries 1 and 2 in Baiji district. Through its North Refineries Company (NOC), it has called on local and international companies to supply the equipment outlined below: (Source: Ministry of Oil)
Carter Hails Iraqi Fallujah Success as Counter-ISIL Milestone Defense Secretary Ash Carter today congratulated Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the Iraqi people for freeing the city of Fallujah from the grip of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The operation in Fallujah was a significant challenge for the Iraqi security forces and for […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Oil Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi [Adil Abd Al-Mahdi] has said that Iraq’s oil and gas industry will need an investment of $300 billion over the next 15 years. He made the statement during a visit to Japan, at which he also discussed the long relationship between the two countries in the energy […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Electricity Minister, Qassem Fahdawi [Qassim al-Fahdawi] (pictured), has reportedly said that his ministry is looking to invest in solar energy projects, in an attempt to solve the continuing shortage of electricity. He said the country produces only about 11,000 MW of power, but needs 21,000 MW. According to Kuwait's KUNA news […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi fighters from the Shiite popular mobilisation unit were still fighting jihadists from the Islamic state on the outskirts of Iraq's Baiji oil refinery, about 200 kilometres north of Baghdad, on Sunday.
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi security forces are still battling for the control of the country's largest refinery in Baiji, where the Islamic state group has been launching several offensives:
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi forces and Shiite militias continue to fight Islamic State group jihadists for control the Baiji refinery, Iraq's largest:
By John Lee. Islamic State militants (IS, ISIS, ISIL) breached the security perimeter around Baiji [Beiji, Bayji) refinery on Monday, but were repelled by security forces and coalition airstrikes. The 20-square-kilometer site was under siege for five months last summer, until its liberation in November. According to Reuters, provincial council member Khazaal Hammad said the […]
