VOL. XXXV

NO. 5

4-NOVEMBER-1991

Iraq

Physical As Well As Political Problems Impede Restart of Iraqi Oil Exports

MEES understands that, contrary to recent press reports, there are no serioustechnical problems regarding the re-commissioning of the Iraq-Turkish pipeline asa result of the disuse of the line since August 1990, and that Iraq's exportcapacity from its northern pipeline is around 1-1.1mn b/d. However, it isreckoned that Iraq's current production capacity of around 1.5mn b/d (assuming...