Iraq’s 330,000 barrels per day Baiji refinery complex resumed normal operations after regular lifting of product by tanker trucks resumed following a stoppage which began December 21 when the plant was forced to shut down amid a protest over a government decision to hike retail fuel prices.

An oil ministry official said all three refineries, the Salahdin 1 and 2 units with a combined capacity of 180,000 barrels per day and the main 150,000 barrels per day Baiji refinery, had resumd operation and were running at around 200,000 barrels per day, some 330,000 of total capacity. consumption by 2010”.
Baiji halted operations after tanker truck drivers and transport contractors refused to lift products.