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Image used for illustrative purpose. A view of Baiji oil refinery in Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, June 30, 2008. Picture taken June 30, 2008. REUTERS/Sabah al-Bazee
BAGHDAD - Iraq is working to increase output from its Baiji oil refinery to 140,000 barrels per day (bpd) by the end of this year from the 45,000 bpd it produces currently, an oil ministry official said on Thursday.
"It is hoped that the refinery's production will rise before the end of the current year," an oil ministry statement quoted Hamed Younes, the deputy minister for refinery affairs, as saying. The northern refinery is Iraq's largest.
(Reporting by Ali Abdelaty in Cairo; writing by Ahmed Aboulenein in Baghdad; Editing by Jan Harvey) ((ahmed.aboulenein@tr.com; +964 790 191 7021; Reuters Messaging: ahmed.aboulenein.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
