IRAQ

First Shipment of Iraqi Crude from Yanbu' Expected on 28-29 September 

The first cargo of Iraqi Basrah Light crude via the newly-completed 500,000 b/d Iraqi-Saudi pipeline link is now expected to be loaded at the Red Sea coastal terminal at Yanbu' on 28-29 September, MEES understands. This follows the start of pumping on 21 September of Basrah crude from the PS-3 pump station, where the Iraqi line from the Rumaila oilfield joins the main Saudi East-West Petroline pipeline...