Tanker

Iraq to reestablish a large tanker fleet

The second-largest oil producer in OPEC wants to rebuild a large tanker fleet, which the country has not had for more than 25 years and since military forces bombed the country.
Photo: Nabil al-Jurani/AP/Polfoto/Arkiv
Photo: Nabil al-Jurani/AP/Polfoto/Arkiv
by OLE ANDERSEN

Iraq, OPEC's second-largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia, plans to invest big-time in a new fleet of tanker vessels, said Iraq's oil minister Jabar al-Luabi in a statement ahead of the weekend, reports Reuters.

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