Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 14

4-April-2005

IRAQ

Further Delay To Iraqs Northern Crude Exports Resumption

A sabotage attack on Iraqs northern oil export pipeline on 29 March yet again delayed the resumption of crude supplies to Turkeys Ceyhan terminal. An oil official in Baghdad said the latest explosion, on a pipelinein the Riyad area southwest of Kirkuk, would delay the resumption of exports for a further 10 days. Since the attack on the pipeline in mid-December 2004, northern...