Ministry of Oil: Iraq is classified among the countries producing high-quality petroleum products.
Ministry of Oil: Iraq is classified among the countries producing high-quality petroleum products.
2026-02-08 03:20
Shafaq News – Baghdad
On Sunday, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil for Refining Affairs, Adnan Muhammad Hammoud, announced that the new refineries have been operating at 100% production capacity, which has contributed to classifying Iraq among the countries producing high-quality oil derivatives.
Hammoud said in a statement to the Ministry of Oil that these projects aim to enhance self-sufficiency in white oil products, and to secure the needs of Iraqi citizens for gasoline, white oil and gas oil, and to achieve a qualitative leap in quantity and quality, through the introduction of a number of advanced refining projects, including refining units, hydrogenation units and gasoline production improvement projects.
He explained that the Salah al-Din Refinery /3 and the North Refinery /2 were opened with a total capacity of (140) thousand barrels/day, in addition to introducing the FCC (Catalytic Cracking) project in the Basra Refinery with a capacity of (35) thousand barrels/day, and the project of the Hydrogenation and Improvement of Gasoline Unit in Kirkuk Governorate with a capacity of (11) thousand barrels/day.
The Undersecretary also pointed out that these projects contributed to classifying Iraq among the countries producing high-quality oil derivatives with Euro 5 specifications, and moving from the consumption stage to the export stage, in addition to operating the Karbala refinery at 100% capacity.
He affirmed that the ministry is proceeding with the completion and opening of the hydrogenation and gasoline improvement unit project at Al-Sumoud Complex / North Refineries Company, in the coming days, which will enhance gasoline production quantities and cover local consumption needs in all governorates of the country.
At the end of 2025, the Iraqi government decided to stop importing gasoline, gas oil (kerosene), and white oil, as local production of these fuels had reached quantities exceeding local consumption rates.
On October 25, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced that his government had developed a plan to save the state treasury approximately $10 billion by halting imports of gasoline and oil derivatives after achieving self-sufficiency in their production within Iraq.
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