Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 4

23-January-2006

iraq

Iraq Resumes Pumping Crude To Ceyhan As Basrah Exports Rebound Higher

Iraq restarted pumping oil along its twin northern pipeline to the Turkish terminal at Ceyhan on 15 January, according to the oil ministry spokesman. The pipeline is pumping Kirkuk crude at around 200,000 b/d with that rate due to double within a few days, he said. Meanwhile loading rates at the southern Basrah Oil Terminal have increased since the middle of the...