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Iraq Gasoline Output Rises but Lags Self Sufficiency Goal

OIL PRODUCTS

Substantial additions to both overall throughput capacity and secondary units have increased Iraq’s gasoline output, but it’s target of cutting imports to zero by 2025 remains elusive, MEES said.

  • Crude processing capacity has increased to over 1m b/d in the past two years.
  • Available capacity for gasoline production now matches demand at 189k b/d, with the addition of secondary units totalling 101k b/d having over doubled capacity in the past year, according to Hamid Younes, Deputy Oil Minister for Refining Affairs, cited by MEES.

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