VOL. XLI

No. 23

8-June-1998

IRAQ

UN Report On State Of Iraqi Refineries

According to the UN team of experts that visited Iraq last March (MEES, 1 June)Iraq's refineries "are all operating below capacity as a result of both severe damagein the two recent wars, and the lack of spare parts, maintenance, and control systems.Especially affected are rotating machinery items." The team, composed of experts fromthe Dutch firm Saybolt and two UN overseers, reported the following regarding Iraq's three...