Axens wins contract to support refinery upgrading project in Iraq Share 4 days ago Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. The upgrade project is intended to increase the Basrah refinery’s gasoline and diesel fuel production capacity and reduce the gap in supply and demand for petroleum products. The upgrade project involves installation of new refining units adjacent to the existing refinery facility. The project is aimed at increasing the total processing capacity at the site from 210,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 280,000bpd. Axens will deliver technologies required for the new units including diesel hydrotreatment unit; a vacuum gas oil (VGO) hydrotreating unit; a VGO fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) unit; and an oligomerization unit at the refinery.