Q&A: Ibrahim Abdel Zahra, FCC project manager
The deputy director general of the South Refineries Company discusses the installation of a Fluid Catalytic Cracking unit at the country's largest refinery.
Ibrahim Abdel Zahra, FCC project manager and deputy director general of the South Refineries Company, at his office in Basra in March 2024. (ALI AL-AQILY/Iraq Oil Report)
BASRA - A major upgrade at Iraq's largest refinery promises to improve the country's production of high-quality fuel and help reduce a problematic glut of high-sulfur fuel oil.
The installation of a Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit is scheduled for completion by mid-2025, with full operational capacity starting in January 2026, according to project manager Ibrahim Abdel Zahra, who spoke with Iraq Oil Report at his office in Basra.
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