Iraq starts trial operations at Karbala oil refinery - ministry

Sept 25 (Reuters) - Iraq has started trial operations at the Karbala oil refinery south of the capital Baghdad, the oil ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

The refinery has a production capacity of 140,000 barrels of oil per day, the statement said.

Reporting by Omar Fahmy; Writing by Moataz Mohamed; Editing by David Clarke

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