Kirkuk plans to reduce petroleum imports by 25% as damage to crude oil refineries when they were recaptured from OPEC militants is repaired, the country's oil minister said. The country is producing higher volumes of oil products from processing natural gas liquids. In this year , the ministry has announced an increase in the capacity of the Kirkuk oil refinery as well as plans to recent months to rehabilitate parts of the Kirkuk plant, once Iraq ’s largest petroleum processing facility.
Iraq plans to reduce petroleum imports by 25% as damage to crude oil refineries when they were recaptured from Islamic State militants is repaired, the country's oil minister said. The country is producing higher volumes of oil products from processing natural gas liquids. In recent months, the ministry has announced an increase in the capacity of the Kirkuk oil refinery as well as plans to this year to rehabilitate parts of the Baiji plant, once Iraq’s largest petroleum processing facility.