VOL. XXXIII

NO. 47

27-AUGUST-1990

Oil Supplies & Gulf Crisis

Iraqi Oil Exports Halted by UN Sanctions

Iraqi oil exports have virtually halted since the invasion of Kuwait on 2August and the resultant UN sanctions on 6 August which have blocked its threeexport outlets on the Red Sea, the Mediterranean and the Gulf.

One rare public exception was a shipment from Mina al-Bakr by the Iraqistate-owned 36,330dwt Ain Zalah, which arrived at the Aden refinery on 21August, and discharged part of her...