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Iraqi forces seize Baiji refinery from ISIraqi forces and Shi'ite militia fighters recaptured most of the country's largest oil refinery from Islamic State militants on Thursday, security officials said. The report could not be independently confirmed because it More… |
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Iraqi refinery may be destroyed in battle to save itIslamic State militants have dug trenches around natural gas and hydrogen tanks at Iraq's largest refinery, raising the stakes in a battle where the price of victory may be the refinery itself. The Baiji re More… |
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Iraqi forces plead for help as Islamic State closes in on refineryIraqi forces besieged inside the country's largest oil refinery are running low on food and pleading for reinforcements to save them from Islamic State militants who have advanced deep into the compound in the past week. More… |
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Iraqi forces retake most of Baiji refineryIraqi forces regained control over most of Baiji refinery, security officials said, reversing some gains by Islamic State militants who have gone on the offensive this week. The insurgents attacked Baiji refine More… |
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Iraq’s Baiji refinery will take at least a year to repairIraqi Kurdistan Regional Government’s Natural Reources Minister Ashti Hawrami said that it would take more than a year to repair the Baiji Refinery, after it was damaged in an attack by ISIS militants in June. &nbs More… |
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Battle for Iraq refinery as US hesitates to strikeIraqi government forces battled Sunni rebels for control of the country's biggest refinery on Thursday as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki waited for a US response to an appeal for air strikes to beat back the threat to Baghdad. More… |
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Production resumes at Iraq refineryIraq's state-owned North Refineries Company said on Saturday it had started production at its Baiji oil refinery and was looking to boost production levels to 80 per cent to make up losses after a shutdown. An official at the refinery, nor More… |
Fire in Iraq refineryA large fire erupted at Iraq's Baiji oil refinery on Monday, a Reuters cameraman at the scene and a member of the Oil Protection Force guard unit said. "The fire erupted in a unit in the refinery. It is a huge fire. Firefighting trucks are More… |
