VOL. XXXV

NO. 16

20-JANUARY-1992

Iraq

Iraq Announces Bakr Oil Export Terminal Ready for Operations

Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) announced on 16 January thatthe southern oil export facility of Mina al-Bakr, which was damaged during theGulf war, has been partially repaired with a throughput capacity said to bearound 400,000 b/d (from one berth) and is now ready to receive tankers. TheSOMO statement concerning Mina al-Bakr reads as follows: "On 16 January,Mr. Usama al-Hiti, the...