BAGHDAD: Royal Dutch Shell has signed a deal with Iraq worth US$11bil to build a petrochemicals plant in the southern oil hub of Basra, Industry Minister Nasser al-Esawi said.
Esawi told a press conference in Baghdad the Nibras complex, which is expected to come on line within five to six years, would make Iraq the largest petrochemical producer in the Middle East.
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