Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 31

1-August-2005

IRAQ

Iraq To Import Additional 2Mn Liters/Day Of Gasoline To Ease Rising Demand

Iraq has contacted Turkish suppliers in order to raise imports of gasoline by 2mn liters/day (12,500 b/d), according to an Oil Ministry official. He said that rising demand at petrol stations was in part due to a clamp-down on smuggling and black market activity in the country by government authorities. He also said the government was working to replace aging...