Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 50

12-December-2005

IRAQ

Iraqi Oil Minister Lays Cornerstones For Two Refineries

Iraqi Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr al-'Ulum last week laid the cornerstones for two refineries a 140,000 b/d refinery at Nahrain in Karbala Province, some 100km south of Baghdad, and a smaller 30,000 b/d plant at al-Diwaniya, some 160km south of Baghdad, with a cost of $300mn al-Hayat reported on 6 December. The new state-of-the-art refinery at Nahrain will cost some $1.5bn...