(PRAGUE) - Two Czech companies, Technoexport and Prokop Enginnering Brno, have been awarded a 2.5 billion koruna (88.5-million-euro, 119.1-million-dollar) contract to provide refinery equipment to Iraq refineries, the companies announced on Thursday.

"Our companies will provide atmospheric distillation equipment for refineries at Bagdad and Basra," Technoexport's general director, Miloslav Koznar told a news conference.

Koznar said the fact that the former Czechoslovakia built around 60 percent of Iraq's refinery capacity was a help in winning the order.

Text and Picture Copyright 2007 AFP. All other Copyright 2007 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.