Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 26

27-June-2005

SOMO Issues 4Mn Barrels Kirkuk Tender As Sporadic Pumping Continues

Iraqs State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) on 20 June issued its first Kirkuk crudes export tender since 2004, marking a resumption of sporadic pumping along its vulnerable northern pipeline export route (MEES, 26 April 2004). Exports via the twin pipeline system, which had a capacity of some 800,000 b/d before the allied invasion in 2003, were effectively halted in...