05 June 2008
Baghdad  (VOI) - The Iraqi Ministry of Industry and Minerals on Thursday said it has completed 58 percent of the construction work in a 10,000-barrel oil refinery under a $140,000 contract with the South Refineries Company.

"Al-Faris Public Company, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, is currently proceeding with the work on a crude oil refinery with a capacity of 10,000 barrels per day (bpd)...," according to a ministerial statement received by Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

"The company has completed 58 percent of the work," the statement added.

"The General Company for Designs and Consultation is following up on the provision of supplementary equipment for the project," the statement quoted an official source from the engineering industries department in the ministry as saying.

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