Baiji oil refinery

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Baiji oil refinery
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Baiji oil refinery, 2008
Country Iraq
City Baiji
Coordinates 35°00′29″N43°30′00″E / 35.008°N 43.500°E / 35.008; 43.500
Refinery details
Capacity310,000 [1]  bbl/d (49,000 m3/d)

The Baiji oil refinery is the largest oil refinery in Iraq and produces a third of the country's oil output. [2] [3] The refinery is 130 miles north of Baghdad, about halfway between Baghdad and Mosul, near the city of Baiji. [4] In 2008, 500 tanker trucks filled with fuel used to leave the refinery per day. [5] It was the scene of intense fighting between the Islamic State and the Iraqi government in 2014 and 2015.

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Capture by ISIS

The refinery was captured by ISIS militants on 24 June 2014 after 10 days of heavy fighting. [6] The refinery was taken back by Iraqi forces and Shia militias, known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, fighting alongside them on 16 October 2015, after it had changed hands repeatedly. It had received so much damage during the fighting that it would take years to have it operational again. [1]

Reopening in 2024

Following the damages suffered in 2014/15, extensive works allowed to reconstruct and reopen the refinery in February 2024 following a decade-long shutdown. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Gordon, Michael R. (16 October 2015). "Iraqi Forces and Shiite Militias Retake Oil Refinery From ISIS". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Staff writers (15 October 2015). "Iraqi forces and militia seize most of Baiji refinery: officials". Reuters. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Staff. "ISIL fighters set Iraq's Beiji oil refinery ablaze". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Nordland, Rod; Al-salhy, Suadad (18 June 2014). "Extremists Attack Iraq's Biggest Oil Refinery". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Oppel, Richard A. Jr. (16 March 2008). "Iraq's Insurgency Runs on Stolen Oil Profits". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Staff writers. "Isis rebels 'capture' Baiji Iraq oil refinery". Channel 4 News. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Iraq reopens largest oil refinery after decade-long shutdown". Rudaw . February 23, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
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