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Head of South Refineries Company replaced

A change in leadership at the state-run company appears to be part of a government overhaul prompted by a national protest movement.
The headquarters of the South Refineries Company in Basra. (Photo credit: South Refineries Company)

BASRA - The Oil Ministry has removed the head of Iraq's state-run South Refineries Company (SRC) – a move that appears to be part of an overhaul of government leadership prompted by a national protest movement.

Abdul Kareem Qassim Jassim, formerly the SRC's assistant director general, has now become acting director general "until a permanent director general is named for the company," according to an order dated Aug. 25 and signed by Oil Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi, which was obtained by Iraq Oil Report.

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