Iraq aims to bring its crude distillation capacity to 1.542mn b/d, PM Mohammed al-Sudani said on 30 March. Though he failed to give a specific timeline for achieving this, his comments imply that this is a relatively near-term target.
Iraq’s current CDU capacity is level with the end-2024 figure of 1.156mn b/d following 380,000 b/d in additions over 2023-24. With 140,000 b/d in new additions in Saladin and Maysan provinces due online by end-2025 this will leave Iraq around 250,000 b/d shy of the PM’s target (see chart). (CONTINUED - 1047 WORDS)
