VOL. XLVII

No 18

03-May-2004

IRAQ

Iraqs Two Southern Oil Terminals Reopen After Suicide Bombings

Iraqs Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum announced on 26 April that the Basra Oil Terminal (BOT) had resumed operations the previous evening, adding that Khor al-Amaya had been brought back into service a few hours earlier. Export rates from the two terminals are estimated to be around 1.7mn b/d. The two facilities were closed after a triple suicide bombing attempt, involving boats, on the oil...