Al-Rifai district () is an Iraqi district located in the

Dhi Qar Governorate Dhi Qar Governorate ( ar, ذي قار, translit=Thi Qār, ) is a governorate in southern Iraq. The provincial capital is Nasiriyah. Prior to 1976 the governorate was known as Muntafiq Governorate. Thi Qar was the heartland of the ancient Iraqi civ ...

, 80 km north of Nasiriyah and 300 km south of

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. Its name is attributed to Sheikh Ahmed al-Rifa'i, founder of the Rifa'i Sufi order. It includes the administrative center of the city of Al-Rifai and the towns Al Nasir, Al Fajir (ناحية الفجر) and Qalat Sukkar. The district has a population of 450,000 people, mostly

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and

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who work in agriculture, small business, and government jobs.

Al-Rifai city

Al-Rifai city was built in 1880. In the mid 19th century, it attracted merchants from all around Iraq due to the agricultural plenty, especially wheat, barley, dates, and Arabic horses which had been exported to India. At first scattered houses and silos were built on both banks of Al-Gharraf River. The city was upgraded to a district in 1928.

Garraf oil field

Garraf oil field located in al-Rafai district roughly 5 km northwest al-Rafai city. It was explored in 1984. The oil field is 17.5 km long and 5.5 km wide and holds between 860 million-1 billion barrels.Weatherford Wins $200m Project at Garraf Oil Field
''Iraq Business News'', 20 October 2011. The yield oil is kind of light oil, its

API gravity The American Petroleum Institute gravity, or API gravity, is a measure of how heavy or light a petroleum liquid is compared to water: if its API gravity is greater than 10, it is lighter and floats on water; if less than 10, it is heavier and sinks ...

varies from 15° to 36°. Garraf oil field was awarded to consortium led by Malaysian petronas with Japanese Jappex as secondary partner in Second licensing round in December 2009. According to the deal the remuneration fee offered was $1.49 and the 'plateau production target' was 150,000 barrels per day.Oil Stampede: Iraq's 2nd Bid Round Results
''Wikileaks'', 14 December 2009. So the agreement provides that Iraqi government representing by

South Oil Company Basra Oil Company (BOC) is a national Iraqi company responsible for the oil in the south of Iraq. It is situated in Basra. BOC is one of the major fundamental formations of the Iraq National Oil Company (INOC). It was the first nucleus and th ...

has 25% share of garraf oil field while Petronas has 45% and Japex hold 30% stake.

Sumer university

Sumer university is a Public university located in al Rafai city, found in 2011. It consists of three colleges: college of Agriculture, college of management and economy, and college of basic education.

References

{{Districts of Iraq Districts of Iraq Populated places in Dhi Qar Province