Though Iraq is blessed with one of the world's largest reserves of crude oil, the country has little or no refining capability, and this lack of petroleum products makes it difficult to run generators that produce reliable electricity, especially in remote locations. Every day, major cities and towns in Iraq suffer prolonged power outages, a particularly critical problem for high-security facilities such as border-crossing points on the Iranian border. Despite their inherent need for uninterrupted power, these facilities are so remote that it is impossible to connect them to the national power grid.
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