Iraqi government efforts to attract nearly $25 billion of investment to four planned private refineries at Kerbala, Missan, Kirkuk and Nasiriyah with a combined output of 740,000 barrels per day, plus a fifth to process heavy oil from the Najmah and Qayara fields, have mostly floundered (IOD Sep.8'11). Front-end engineering and design (Feed) contracts have been awarded on the first four refineries, with French Technip completing work for the 140,000 b/d Kerbala plant; US Foster Wheeler for the 300,000 b/d export- oriented Nasiriyah refinery; and US Shaw carrying out work for both the 150,000 b/d Kirkuk and Missan plants. But a move to final contracting is not yet in evidence.
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