Engineers and workers at the Baiji refinery, which is the largest oil refinery in Iraq
Baiji refinery needed to nine months to return to the production and management of stresses: security events led to the occurrence of significant damage at the refinery Associate Director-General announced in Baiji refinery Abdul Qader Saab, Friday, that the re-refinery operation need to check and see to their needs and the damage to them, stressing that it "will not be close," noting that security incidents have led to the rhythm of major damage at the refinery, as predicted oil expert The refinery needed to nine months to restore production, confirmed that the Iraqi experience, especially working in the refineries sufficient and do not need foreign companies to operate the refinery. Saab said in an interview to the (long-Presse), that "security events in refinery operations suffered by the militants and try to control it in vain, resulted in significant damage to the rhythm of it. He is difficult, that "the refinery tanks were filled with the product of gasoline, kerosine, and because the security situation is not made fire regulars for the refinery and not to nitrogen and unloading of oil derivatives in an orderly fashion, leaving water and oxygen lines carrier making it eroded from the inside. He pointed difficult, that "to stop military operations and the occurrence of us need today to check out the refinery," noting the need to "bring life to the area, located Schweich damaged because the restore water and electricity will bring new life to the refinery, the water station."
He predicted difficult, that "there is no significant damage technical equipment but some reservoirs that burned were filled in refining Salahuddin site inside the refinery," pointing out that "operational units are still intact, as well as plant and equipment control but they need to check to make sure this initial perception of reality ".
He is difficult, he "can not timeline to start work at the refinery mode, because we do not know the situation there, but these initial perceptions," noting that "the refinery and a large where nearly 9,600 workers within the project of the Iraqi North Refineries, and must be re-life of buildings and residential complex for workers at the refinery ".
For his part, an oil expert predicted Manna Mjbas Abdullah al-Obeidi, a former director general of the North Oil Company in an interview with the (long-Presse), "The Baiji refinery needed to nine months to restore production as a result of damage to him."
He said al-Obeidi, said that "operating through nine months will depend on the duration of the improved security situation, and to ensure the arrival of aid and technical materials to replace the destroyed materials, and analysis for the condensation and hydrogenation of companies that have established refinery issues within three months."
He noted al-Obeidi, a "we do not need to pipe to restart but to private and modern quality materials, Because the start will be from scratch during the first months after it is screening and detection operations," stressing that "the Iraqis sufficient experience to run the refinery and private workers refineries are not in need of foreign firms to run, and I am confident that the cadres of the filter is able to operate and enough experience. "
He said al-Obeidi, said that "lines carrying the refinery with Kirkuk or Baghdad has become today is intact, but the operation of the refinery in the beginning will allow trucks from the transfer of petroleum products to the provinces, which provide them with an eight at the outset without relying on transport piped ways," pointing out that "there is today Damages lengths of pipe inside the refinery but modest. "
He said al-Obeidi, said that "Iraq's oil expertise, especially in the field of refineries make them able to start from scratch, according to the vision and plans common to other Iraqi refineries Kalldorh and Basra, with the improvement of the security situation."
The Ministry of Defence announced that, in the (November 20, 2014), for purging the security forces and the crowd popular methods in Baiji lifting the siege on the refinery's main judiciary, as shown that the work focuses on three areas of the judiciary, confirmed that the oil minister and the governor of Salahuddin praised the efforts of Salahuddin Operations Command and the popular crowd in the fight against "terrorists".
The oil minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi Park, in (November 19, 2014), to the sons of the Iraqi people and the armed forces edit Baiji lifting the siege on oil Mcefath, as he emphasized that the engineering and technical staff in the ministry will begin rehabilitating the refinery up and running after the completion of the security measures.
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi Oil Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi had visited the refinery in Baiji in Salahuddin province in 09.11.2014 and briefed lose drained and all the facilities in it, and vivid high national spirit enjoyed by Associates and protect the Baiji refinery in exceptional circumstances in the area where operations large military fighter Daash terrorist gangs.
A security source in Salahuddin province, reported on Saturday (November 15, 2014), that the security forces entered the Baiji refinery north of Salah al-Din, (170 km north of Baghdad), stressing that the anti-terrorism forces, which the editing process led docked with its counterpart from operations own that have withstood the refinery for several months, stressing that the security forces were able to dismantle the explosive device 600 and five booby-trapped houses during the purge drained and the road leading his process.
It is noteworthy that the organization (Daash) imposed in (the 11th of June 2014), the full control of the city of Tikrit (170 km north of Baghdad), and eliminate the role, east of the city, the hometown of Izzat al-Duri, without a fight, and spend Sharqat, (120 km north Tikrit), while managed and tribal police forces of expulsion from spending Dhuluiya, (100 km south of Tikrit).
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