Iraq's Oil Ministry said reconstruction began in Baiji at what was previously the country's biggest oil refinery prior to damages incurred during the fight against the Islamic State , The Daily Star reported Dec. 14. Reconstruction efforts aim to finish one of the units at the Baiji complex, which will produce 70,000 barrels per day. Before the Islamic State captured the refinery in 2014, it produced between 250,000 and 300,000 bpd. Iraqi forces recaptured the facility from the Islamic State in October 2015.