IRAQ

Transnor Contracts for 25,000 b/d of Basrah Light ex-Yanbu' 

MEES understands that the London-based trading firm Transnor has concluded a term contract with Iraq's State Organization for the Marketing of Oil (SOMO) for the purchase of 25,000 b/d of Basrah Light crude, to be lifted from the Yanbu' terminal on the Red Sea. The contract is for one year, covering 1986, with provision for quarterly price review.

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