The Northern Refineries Company announced the addition of 20 thousand barrels to the production capacity of the Siniyah refinery, raising the production capacity to 50 thousand barrels per day.
The General Manager of the Northern Refineries Company, Adnan Muhammad Hamoud, said that the completion of the project comes in implementation of the government program presented by the Prime Minister, Mr. Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, and the directives of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil, Mr. Hayan Abdul-Ghani Al-Sawad, and the follow-up of the Undersecretary of the Ministry for Refining Affairs, Mr. Hamid Younis, which aims to increase the production capacities of petroleum products, and reach rates that meet the actual needs of the country and achieve self-sufficiency.
The General Manager said that the national effort has been able to achieve this great achievement in a period not exceeding (6) months and operate the new production units "fourth and fifth" in the Siniyah refinery with a capacity of (10 thousand) barrels for each, to raise the refining capacity of the refinery from (30) thousand barrels per day to (50) thousand barrels per day, with high production specifications. Mr. Hamoud added that this achievement is added to the achievements and construction and reconstruction projects achieved by the national effort in the Northern Refineries Company and the supporting bodies during the past few years. The national effort in the Northern Refineries Company had succeeded in reconstructing the Northern Refinery, Salah al-Din Refineries 1 and 2, and a number of other production units.