VOL. XXX

NO. 22

9 MARCH 1987

IRAQ RAISES YANBU' THROUGHPUT TO 500,000 B/D IN MARCH BUT REAFFIRMSINSISTENCE ON OFFICIAL PRICES

Following the completion of work on the expansion of its East-West (Petroline)pipeline to some 3.05mn b/d from the previous 1.85mn b/d, Saudi Arabia has givenIraq the go- ahead to raise throughput of Iraq's Basrah Light crude to the Sauditerminal at Yanbu' on the Red Sea to 500,000 b/d as from the beginning of March.This represents the current design capacity of Iraq's...