IRAQ

Loadings of Basrah Light at Yanbu' Not Expected Till October 

Despite reports in tanker circles last week that three vessels had been arranged for September liftings of Iraqi Basrah Light crude from the Yanbu' terminal on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, MEES understands that no deliveries of Basrah Light can realistically be expected from Yanbu' before mid-October at the earliest.

According to MEES information, test runs of oil through the newly built Iraqi-Saudi...