Baiji oil refinery

Baiji oil refinery
Baiji oil refinery, 2008
CountryIraq
CityBaiji
Coordinates35°00′29″N 43°30′00″E / 35.008°N 43.500°E / 35.008; 43.500
Refinery details
Capacity310,000 bbl/d (49,000 m3/d)

The Baiji oil refinery is the largest oil refinery in Iraq and produces a third of the country's oil output. The refinery is 130 miles north of Baghdad, about halfway between Baghdad and Mosul, near the city of Baiji. In 2008, 500 tanker trucks filled with fuel used to leave the refinery per day. It was the scene of intense fighting between the Islamic State and the Iraqi government in 2014 and 2015.

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