As of 2012
Posted on 06/11/2014 9:05:03 PM PDT by Ray76
Sunni Islamist militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) have rapidly expanded their control of Iraq as a whole. The group is now said to be within range of overtaking Iraq’s biggest oil refinery in the city of Baiji.
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ISIS is an Al Qaeda-offshoot that seeks to create a Sharia law compliant Sunni Islamic caliphate that runs through both Iraq and Syria.
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Attaboy Obama, pat yourself on the back. Well done!
“The refinery is also tasked with supplying power to Baghdad, Iraq’s capital city”
Key sentence here. Cut the power, it’ll be shooting fish in a barrell.
Someone needs to tell John McCain that his friends in Syria to whom he wants to give guns have just taken Mosul....
McInsane is totally cheering them on!
Let the muslims sort out their own problems. If they reconstitute as a threat, carpet bomb them. No more US troops saving savages.
In other news, gas and diesel prices in the US and world reach new highs. Obama will get us into electric cars and public transport, so his day is made.
Why is it that no one “important” in government can see what seems so obvious to you and I?
You mean like the difference between right and wrong ?
Pretty much so, yeah.
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Governemt on brink of collapse...
Refugees flee tide of terror...
obama and the democrat party have been a disaster. Cost the lives of thousands. I bet the Nobel Peace Prize would still be given to obama by those Norwegians.
Take over cities, set bombs on the road, declare a caliphate, all good. March on a refinery? Watch the $h*t suddenly get real.
ISIS has $429 Million. That can buy a lot of weaponry.
Pretty soon ISIS will have their own refinery. Lots of money THERE too!
As of 2012
Current Iraqi refining capacity is estimated at over 900,000 bbl/d, although estimates vary because effective capacity has fallen below nameplate capacity in many cases.
| Refinery | Location | Nameplate capacity (bbl/d) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Refining Company | |||
| Baiji | North-Central Iraq | 310,000 | New Fluid Catatylic Cracker being installed |
| Haditha | North-West Iraq | 16,000 | |
| Kisik | North Iraq | 10,000 | 10,000 bbl/d under contstruction |
| Kirkuk | North-East Iraq | 30,000 | |
| Qaiarah | North Iraq | 20,000 | Needs extension of pipeline |
| Siniya | North Iraq | 20,000 | |
| Midland Refining Company | |||
| Daura | Baghdad | 210,000 | Needs extension of pipeline |
| Diwaniya | East of Najaf | 20,000 | |
| Najaf | Najaf | 30,000 | |
| Samawa | Najaf | 30,000 | |
| South Refining Company | |||
| Basrah | Near Basrah | 140,000 | Adding 70,000 bbl/d |
| Missan | South-East Iraq | 30,000 | |
| Nassiriya | South-Central Iraq | 30,000 | |
| Kar Group (private) | |||
| Erbil | Erbil | 40,000 | |
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Source: Middle East Economic Survey, FACTS Global Energy |
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Iraqi refineries produce too much heavy fuel oil relative to domestic needs, and not enough other refined products such as gasoline. To alleviate product shortages, Iraq set a goal of increasing refining capacity to 1.5 million bbl/d. Iraq has plans for four new refineries as well as plans for expanding the existing Daura and Basrah refineries.
| Refinery | Nameplate capacity (bbl/d) | Investment | Front end engineering contract |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nassiriya | 300,000 | $9 billion | Foster Wheeler |
| Kirkuk | 150,000 | $5.5 billion | Shaw Group |
| Missan | 150,000 | $5 billion | Shaw Group |
| Karbala | 140,000 | $5 billion | Technip |
| Total | 740,000 | ||
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Source: Middle East Economic Survey, FACTS Global Energy |
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