VOL. XL

No. 41

13 October 1997

IRAQ

SOMO Scheduled To Export Around 885,000 B/D Till 4 December

MEES soundings indicate that Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) isexpected to export around 54mn barrels (approximately 885,000 b/d) during the period 5October-4 December, provided oil prices remain within the present range. As of 5 October,SOMO was able to export 68mn barrels out of around 121.63mn barrels that have already beenapproved by the UN overseers for the 180-day period(MEES, 30...