January 1, 2008
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq',--
The autonomous Kurdistan region in 'northern Iraq'
plans to construct two refineries in a $300 million
project with foreign oil companies.
Officials said the Kurdistan Regional Government
would offer four production-sharing contracts to
finance the construction of two
20,000-barrel-per-day refineries, Middle East
Newsline reported. They said the production-sharing
contracts were worth $800 million.
The first refinery, located in Miran, was scheduled
to be completed by 2010 in a joint venture with
Canada's Heritage Oil. The second refinery, located
at the Taq Taq oil field,www.ekurd.net
would be constructed by
Genel and Canada's Addax Petroleum and completed by
early 2009. |
Oil fields in Kurdistan autonomous region (Iraq) |
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