 Baiji oil refinery, 2008 | |
| Country | Iraq |
|---|---|
| City | Baiji |
| Coordinates | 35°00′29″N 43°30′00″E / 35.008°N 43.500°E |
| Refinery details | |
| Capacity | 310,000[1] bbl/d (49,000 m3/d) |
The Baiji oil refinery is the largest oil refinery in Iraq and produces a third of the country's oil output.[2][3] The refinery is 130 miles north of Baghdad, about halfway between Baghdad and Mosul, near the city of Baiji.[4] In 2008, 500 tanker trucks filled with fuel used to leave the refinery per day.[5] It was the scene of intense fighting between the Islamic State and the Iraqi government in 2014 and 2015.
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- ^ Staff. "ISIL fighters set Iraq's Beiji oil refinery ablaze". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Nordland, Rod; Al-salhy, Suadad (18 June 2014). "Extremists Attack Iraq's Biggest Oil Refinery". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Oppel, Richard A. Jr. (16 March 2008). "Iraq's Insurgency Runs on Stolen Oil Profits". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2016.