Iraq Is Already Starting to Recuperate
Government leaders and top military officials converged on the K3 Oil Refinery July 18 in Haditha to celebrate the facility’s reemergence in the Iraqi oil infrastructure as it resumed production after a three year break.
“The ability to get the crude oil from up north, bring it down here, refine it, and then have the distribution system that will take it through Anbar is absolutely a critical piece to keeping the Anbar economy moving forward,” said Brig. Gen. Martin Post, the deputy commanding general of Multi-National Forces – West. “It’s important for Iraq, but really important for Anbar.”
The refinery is capable of processing 16,000 barrels of crude oil per day and will create new jobs for the local community. It is expected to increase overall fuel production in Anbar by nearly 40 percent.
Among those in attendance were Husayn al-Shahristani, the Iraqi minister of oil; Maamoon Sami Rashed, the governor of Anbar province; and Dr. Ali-Al-Obaidi of the Northern Refinery Company.
“Life has started going back to the way it was before,” said Salah Ismail Ibrahim, a manager at the K3 Oil Refinery. “Iraq is already starting to recuperate.”
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