Iraq Aims to Export Surplus Oil Products After Refinery Upgrades
The OPEC member has reduced its dependence on oil products from abroad, and later this year will no longer need to import a small amount of gasoline annually, said Al-Sudani. Iraq's South Refineries Co. will start up its fluid catalytic cracking unit at the Basrah refinery in 2025, he said at an online event to mark the beginning of construction at a five-year project to expand the Diwaniya refinery.
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