Federal Iraq has begun work aimed at providing much-needed boosts to refined products output, in particular upgraded gasoline in the coming months. Phase-2 work of rehabilitating the crippled Baiji refinery which previously had 310,000 b/d capacity is now underway.
Work includes the “reconstruction and rehabilitation” of a hydrogenation unit which will improve high-end yields and gasoline quality by end-March, as well as the rehabilitation of the 70,000 b/d Salahuddin-1 crude distillation unit (CDU) by end-June. (CONTINUED - 496 WORDS)
