Kirkuk local government announced the signing of an funding contract to set up a refinery in the province with a production capability of as much as 70,000 barrels in step with day.
Kirkuk Governor Ribwar Taha Mustafa stated in an interview with dinaropinions.com: “organising the refinery is an important step so one can beautify Kirkuk’s function as an vital industrial middle to attract capital and buyers. After its completion, the governorate will witness a radical transformation within the oil region by means of accomplishing self-sufficiency in derivatives and exporting the excess to help different governorates. it will also make it independent of counting on the vicinity or Baghdad to provide derivatives.”
In flip, the governor’s assistant for technical affairs, Ali Hammadi, said to “dinaropinions.com”: The venture, which will be constructed on a place of 976 dunums near the Northern fuel agency and may be completed inside and a 1/2 years, will provide 3 thousand task opportunities for the city’s citizens in diverse specializations, and also will create a development environment, and from its outputs the relaxation of the small commercial centers and factories may be activated.