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uh today is the grand

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opening for the oil refinery . Uh

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behind me is the 10-K train , It will

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produce 10,000 barrels per day . Uh and

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to my right side is the 6000 barrels a

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day train right now , that one is

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currently running at 5500 barrels per

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day , basically . All this is new

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is the first time that crude oil has

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ever been moved by train to move from

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Beijing down here to the Office of

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station . Uh from there , it is pumped

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off the trains to storage facility on K

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three from K three , then it's pumped

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over here to the refinery itself and

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refined into naphtha kerosene , diesel

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and H . F . O . And then it's taken and

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brought up the local province ,

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hopefully to get rid of all the black

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market fuel , help out all the people

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here provides over 1500 jobs once it's

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all said and done and maybe even more .

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So this is the grand opening of it all .

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I uh

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it's been closed for over three years

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now .

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I got up here in

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february and we broke ground in March

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and from March and so now we can get

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everything lined up and everything

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ready to go . Now , we're up in nine

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uh

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Ministry of Railroad , the , so the

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Ministry of Transportation , they pay

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some of the security guards here ,

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Ministry of Oil , uh North Oil Company ,

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North refinery company , Northern

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distribution company . It kind of

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sizing everybody with one

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project .

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Uh Ministry of Railroad . Obviously

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they did our Ministry Transportation ,

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they took care of the railroad with the

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I . R . That's bringing 40 20 cars a

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day down right now of crude oil and

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it's going to move up to 40 cars a day .

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The Ministry of Interior , they're

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gonna take over and start paying for

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the security forces here . So that K

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three secure , uh , the Ministry of Oil

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obviously provides the oil and now all

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that north oil company , they on the K

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three side , the storage side . The

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northern northern refinery company

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obviously owns this small block here ,

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six K and 10-K trains , uh , produced

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the products and then the northern

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distribution company , which is based

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out of Ramadi also through the Ministry

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of Oil , they saw the oil , all the

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refined products after the local Anbar

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province

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way

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means that more black market fuel . It

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means things are getting better . It

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proves to them that security is better

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truth to them that way forward . If

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they choose to go that way , all they

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need to do is keep pushing forward and

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understand the security is good , They

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need to get out there , do their jobs

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product tyranny and the sky's the limit

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for this is only the first step in that

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way .

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Way

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way guys at Palma from

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colorado from the county colorado and

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I'm 35 years old way to

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11 cards to six

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way .

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It's important for Iraq , but it's

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really important for our bar . The big

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difference is going to be , not only

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for the deep area , but it's going to

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be getting more refined product fuel

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products into on bar to where we can

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almost be self sufficient here with

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refined product coming out of this

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facility . So the ability to get the ,

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get the crude oil from up north and

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Beijing bring it down here , refine it

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and have the distribution system that

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will take it throughout all bar is

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absolutely a critical piece to keep in

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the Anbar economy moving forward

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way .

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This is actually , there's probably

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about 10 different entities across the

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board that actually had to work

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together to make this work . Obviously

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the ministry in Baghdad , the Ministry

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of Oil , the I . R . The Iraqi Railroad ,

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the Northern oil company in Northern

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refinery company in Beijing of course

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the local K three leadership , the

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coalition leadership . What's down here

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actually , the marines were actually

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helping support the , the folks started

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with the time I was here previously to

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us and it's close the deal here with

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Lieutenant Palmer and his marines and

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the marines that are located here

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currently in Haqlaniyah . So , uh you

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look at a collaborative effort here

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across Anbar in Iraq , it's truly been

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cross ministry cross boundary here to

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make this thing work . That's why it's

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such an important day .

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Well ,

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we're just going to be an over watch

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position . I mean the hard work is done

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uh always so we're going to continue to

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mentor , we're going to continue to

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support is required . But really the

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Iraqis have got this uh we're going to

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be kind of in the step back and let

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them run the facility lending a helping

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hand if in fact we need to lend a

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helping hand . But we're hoping that

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which we've already seen , they've

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taken the initiative , They're very

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proud of this and I think it'll be uh

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it'll move on from here , great

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credit for the marine and for their

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support to the Iraqi government in

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order to achieve this ,

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Thanks for all the forces that

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work together to what you call it ,

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reopened the refinery and bring it back

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to life .

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Thanks also for the governor

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for the Minister of oil . They had

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a strong role and the

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reviving the refinery .

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I hope that the Iraqi people will

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celebrate many opportunities like this .

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Thank you very much .