Refineries & Fuel
Refining the future
Remaining sabotage, smuggling no match - so far - for Iraq's plans to upgrade key oil infrastructure. Updating Iraq's old, massive refineries a crucial part of overall oil strategy.
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The director general of the Beiji oil refinery, Ali al-Obaidi, sees a future of violence and corruption that could cripple the facility he saved two years ago.
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The man credited with turning the refinery at Beiji from a nest of corruption to a model of productivity has a warrant out for his arrest but holds the trust of American and Iraqi officials.
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Fast-track may now be difficult but adding 70,000 bpd capacity by February is on track.
