About Us

Shortly after the turn of the millennium, Petro Techniker began looking hard at the future prospects of a 3,000-acre oil refinery, located in Sulaymania, 165 kilometers north of Baghdad. Originally, Petro Techniker thought to simply upgrade the refinery, but then began to explore other possibilities. At its Sulaymania refinery, founded in 1989, Petro Techniker was sitting on an unusually abundant and stable supply of the feedstock that fueled the fast-growing petrochemical industry. To date, these materials had been converted into relatively low value petroleum-based products or, in the case of gases, simply burned off. Further, the plant was situated in Sulaymania , within easy reach of the Asian and European markets, with its own deep-water port. Petro Techniker management quickly saw an opportunity to break new ground – both literally and figuratively – in Sulaymania. At the time, Petro Techniker operate in petrochemical plants, and so for its potential enterprise to succeed it needed access to state-of-the-art technology and global expertise in the marketing of petrochemical products. These all-important aspects were ultimately provided by chemical, a world leader in its sector and a proven innovator in petrochemical processes. Thus, Petro Techniker was born.