VOL. XXXIXNo. 65/6623/30-December-1996IRAQ

IraqNails Down 23 Oil Sales Contracts For A Total Of 541,000 B/D

By MEES press time on Friday (20 December), Iraq's State OilMarketing Organization (SOMO) had finalized 23 oilsales contracts for a total volume of 541,000 b/d, MEESlearns. The agreements signed involve the sale of 330,000 b/dofKirkuk crude from Turkey'sCeyhan terminal and211,000 b/d of Basrah Light from Iraq'sal-Bakr offshoreterminal in the northern Gulf, with 11 of the contracts...