Q&A: Hossam Hussein Wali, director general of the South Refineries Company
Iraq is expanding existing refineries, but greenfield projects in the south are not moving forward.
Hossam Hussein Wali, director general of the South Refineries Company, in his office at the Shuaiba refinery on Oct. 27, 2020. (ALI AL-AQILY/Iraq Oil Report)
BASRA - As Iraq begins to increase oil production again, it needs additional facilities to turn the crude into fuel for domestic use instead of adding more oil to a potentially saturated global market.
The South Refineries Company, the state-run firm based in Basra responsible for the largest share of the country's refining capacity, is trying to fill that void by completing long-delayed upgrades to its flagship refinery.
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