VOL. XXXII

NO. 8

28-NOVEMBER-1988

IRAQ

Basrah lube Oil Plant to Start in Mid-1989

MEES learns from authoritative sources that the 100,000 ton/year Basrah lubeoil plant will be operational by mid1989 and that its output will be exported.The plant was almost completed before the Gulf war started in September 1980,but sustained some damage during the war. Italy's Snamprogetti, the originalcontractor, is now finishing the project, repairing the damage, and taking stepsto start up the plant by...