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Oil exports back to normal rates after spillage at Basrah terminal


Oil exports back to normal rates after spillage at Basrah terminal

Three chimneys belch flames and smoke out of an oil refinery in the area of Basrah in southern Iraq. (Credit: Reuters/File)

CAIRO — Oil loading and exporting operations from Iraq's Basrah oil terminal are back to their normal rates after being halted on Friday due to a spillage, which has now been contained, Basrah Oil Company said Saturday.

The port has four loading platforms and can export up to 1.8 million barrels per day.

CAIRO — Oil loading and exporting operations from Iraq's Basrah oil terminal are back to their normal rates after being halted on Friday due to a spillage, which has now been contained, Basrah Oil Company said Saturday.

The port has four loading platforms and can export up to 1.8 million barrels per day.