Iraq announces that it will export oil in tankers via Syria
Declare Iraq which provides Oil More than 90% of its revenues, directly exporting oil in tanks via Syria, while the bulk of its exports are still halted due to the closure of The Strait of Hormuz Due to the ongoing war in the Middle East.
Iraq was a member of the organization "OPEC"It exported an average of 3.5 million barrels per day before the war, which began with a US-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28, and most of this production was exported through the ports of the southern Basra Governorate overlooking the Gulf. About alternative methods of export.
250 thousand barrels per day
Iraq announced more than two weeks ago the resumption of part of its exports, amounting to 250 thousand barrels per day, through the Kurdistan region’s oil pipeline that reaches the Turkish port of Ceyhan.
And on Wednesday evening, the Iraqi Ministry of Oil said in a brief statement "In order to support the national economy and provide financial revenues to the state treasury, the Ministry of Oil began export operations in basins of black oil through neighboring Syria."She confirmed that the Syrian side will ensure that the quantities in Syrian territory reach the export ports, pointing out that the export operations will be incremental. Syria
Director of the Institutional Communication Department at the Syrian Petroleum Company, Safwan Sheikh Ahmed, confirmed that "299 tankers enter Syrian territory in batches from the sister country of Iraq".
He said "The first shipment entered from the Al-Tanf border crossing, and the tanks will be emptied at the Baniyas oil terminal, to be transferred to oil tankers and then exported.".
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