VOL. XXXII

NO. 22

6-MARCH-1989

IRAN

Seven Berths Operational at Kharg Island

MEES understands that seven out of 14 berths are now operational at the Kharg Island terminal which is handling the bulk of Iranian oil exports exceptfor a limited volume (80,000 b/d) being produced from the southern offshorefields and shipped from Lavan and Sirri islands (MEES, 27 February).

Kharg Island has an original design capacity of 6.8mn b/d, with two mainloading facilities. One is the T-jetty which is situated...