#Iraq's oil ministry announced today the "start of trial operations" at the 140,000 bpd Karbala refinery- considered part of Iraq's refinery upgrade plans to address product imbalance & improve product yields. (Photo circulated by the oil ministry) #OOTT . More below: 
2) Iraq will most likely continue to remain a net importer of gasoline and gasoil through 2030, some have noted.
3) Other refineries have undergone some upgrades. For example, in 2021, the oil ministry announced the addition of an isomerization unit and a reforming unit at the old Daura refinery with a capacity of 10,000 bpd to convert naphtha to higher-value gasoline blendstock.
4) Some argue that Daura should have been decommissioned by now. If interested in reading about the history of #Iraq's refining sector, below is a two-part series on Iraq’s Daura oil refinery since the 1950s, which I published last month. #OOTT chokepoint.substack.com/p/if-the-daura…
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