VOL. XLII

No 51

20-December-1999

IRAQ

Iraqi Oil Exports Resume On Schedule

Meanwhile, away from the tense cliff-hanging at the UN,Iraqi oil exports under the new (seventh) phase of the UN oil-for-food programhave resumed more or less on schedule. The first two tankers to arrive at theGulf terminal of Mina al-Bakr the Amazon Eagle chartered by Bay Oil and theJahre Pollux chartered by the Russian trader Ursa began loading on Thursday(16 December). At the Ceyhan oil export terminal on the Turkish...