VOL. XXXII

NO. 22

6-MARCH-1989

IRAQ

Iraq to Export Petroleum Products from the Gulf

Iraq will start exporting petroleum products from Gulf locations later thismonth, MEES understands. Iraqi crude oil exports from the Gulf already startedon a very small scale immediately after the ceasefire agreement last August(MEES, 22 August 1988). The export of products will be mainly from storagefacilities at Jebel Ali in the southern Gulf because shallow draft in Iraqiwaters off Basrah does not allow large...