Iraq's Ministry of Oil has started work to expand the Diwaniya Refinery by adding a new 70,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) processing unit, bringing the refinery's total capacity to 90,000 bpd.
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani launched the expansion project remotely via video link on Monday. The project includes a new 70,000-bpd refining unit, an 18,000-bpd unit for hydrotreating, isomerisation, and gasoline upgrading, as well as an LPG production unit and supporting infrastructure.
Planned outputs include Euro 5-grade gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, gasoil, fuel oil, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The project is scheduled for completion within five years.
The contract for the $800-million project was signed in February.