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The delay is the latest for the project that was supposed to be completed in 2018, and is sorely needed to expand fuel supply, reduce purchase costs, and provide an additional outlet for Iraqi crude output.
WE have been living in our blessed land with the blessing of oil since it was discovered by the British. The best blessing for the oil of our land is purchasing our car fuel at a low price because it is extracted from our land and refined in our land. However, we are now plagued with the current oil
WE have been living in our blessed land with the blessing of oil since it was discovered by the British. The best blessing for the oil of our land is purchasing our car fuel at a low price because it is extracted from our land and refined in our land. However, we are now plagued with the current oil
Few countries have oil reserves as deep as Iraq.
The extractive industries bring jobs and tax revenues to a nation that has been hobbled by invasion, war and insurgency for close to two decades. Yet this economic activity comes at a cost.
Oil spills, pollution and declining air quality have taken a significant toll on the environment, and on the health of many Iraqis. On top of this, greenhouse gas emissions from the oil industry continue to contribute to global warming while some areas of Iraq are expected to become uninhabitable in the coming decades.
Yet assessing the true scale of the issue and exactly how pollution happens in Iraq is a demanding task. When applying for the Green Climate Fund in 2019, the Iraqi government together with the UN Environment Program, outlined insufficient collection of environmental data as a challenge to implementing policies countering climate change. Precise information around the sources and impact of pollution on many Iraqi communities also