VOL. XXXII

NO. 30

1-MAY-1989

IRAQ

Iraq Plans Construction of Storage Facility at Khor al-Zubair Port

Iraq is planning to construct a large oil product storage facility at Khoral-Zubair port to serve as an interlinking facility for the 140,000 b/d Basrahrefinery, which started up towards the end of April at a rate of 40,000 b/d andis expected to rise shortly to 70,000 b/d (MEES, 16 March and 3 April).

In a statement to the daily Baghdad Observer on 24 April, the Director of OilProjects at the...