Production at attacked Iraqi refinery ‘back to normal’

Iraq’s oil ministry has confirmed that the country’s largest oil refinery, Baiji, has returned to normal after an attack damaged its main unit.

Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said the damaged unit had now resumed production. The site was forced to shut down production after a bomb exploded in its northern unit overnight between February 25 and 26. It is not known who carried out the attack or why.

The refinery, which was built in 1982, is located 125 miles north of Baghdad and produces 205,000 bpd – 35 per cent of Iraq’s refining capacity.

Iraq has the fourth largest ‘exploitable’ oil reserves in the world, standing at 143 billion barrels, after Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Iran.

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