During the opening ceremony of the fourth refining unit project with a capacity of (70) thousand barrels per day, the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil praised the national effort of the workers in the Southern Refineries Company, which was able to overcome all the difficulties and obstacles that accompanied the stages of implementing the project, indicating that the operation of this unit will provide large quantities of petroleum products, including naphtha, gas oil, kerosene, liquefied gas, and others to cover a large part of the local need. Pointing out that the project was among the priorities of the government program and was completed in record time by the national effort after the procrastination of foreign companies. For his part, the Director General of the Southern Refineries Company, Mr. Hussam Hussein Wali, said that the company fulfilled its obligations to the government and the ministry to complete the project within the planned period, and that the project contributes to raising the total refining capacity of the Southern Refineries Company to 280 thousand barrels per day. The celebration was attended by a number of members of the House of Representatives and the Governor of Basra