On Friday, the Ministry of Oil made it clear that there is a plan to produce 35 million liters of gasoline per day to meet the country’s needs and that the current production volume of gasoline is sufficient to meet the entire demand.
According to Hamid Al-Zubaie, the Undersecretary of the Ministry for Refining Affairs, “the Karbala and North refineries have entered operation in addition to the fourth unit in the southern refineries, as well as the isomerization units in the Basra refinery, the Dora refinery, and the North refinery,” “The Ministry of Oil has achieved great achievements in the refining sector during the past two years.”
“High-octane gasoline is produced in all refineries but to varying degrees, but this unit produces 98 octane,” he continued, “The CCR unit was recently introduced to produce high-octane gasoline in the North refinery with a capacity of 3.5 million liters per day.”
He noted that “super and improved gasoline is present in all refineries and is produced through production units” and that “the Karbala refinery produces gasoline with an octane rate of 95%.”
He continued, explaining that “refining capacities of 360,000 barrels per day have been added to all refineries, and we have also reached the point of meeting the consumption need in the matter of gas oil (kerosene) and white oil, and we now have a surplus that is being exported, as we have moved during the current and past two years from importing gas oil to exporting it, in addition to exporting white oil.” “The ministry’s plans are ongoing to meet the consumption need by bringing these units
