2024-01-18T11:24:54+00:00
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/ The Czech Ambassador to Iraq, Peter Štjepanek, confirmed on Thursday that his country, represented by Czech companies specialized in the field of oil operating in Iraq, is seeking to help Baghdad with self-reliance in producing oil derivatives of gasoline and gas, and stopping their import.
Ambassador Peter Štepanek said, in a statement to Agency, that “Czech companies are working to develop the oil sector in Iraq and modernize the Iraqi refineries, which were mainly built by Czech companies in the past,” indicating that “the Czech companies working to develop refineries are completing and developing the work.” Which I started previously by establishing refineries in cooperation and coordination with the Iraqi Ministry of Oil.”
He added, “Czech companies will contribute and help Iraq through coordination with the Ministry of Oil to be self-reliant on Iraqi oil, especially in oil derivatives such as gasoline and gas, and that Iraq should not be an importer of energy and fuel from other countries, and that it should rely on itself in the production of oil derivatives.”
Štepanek continued, “There is no official agreement at the ministerial level between the Iraqi government and the Czech government, but the agreement is between Czech companies and Iraqi companies represented by the Southern Refineries Company.”
He stated, “There is a modern Czech company that carries out oil extraction operations in a positive and advanced manner. It can participate in extracting Iraqi oil during the coming period.”