MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : AFTER SOLEIMANI – BUSINESS GOES ON !
Iraqi oil sector holds fast amid storm of U.S.-Iran conflict -Production and exports so far unaffected as some foreign oil workers evacuate, following the U.S. assassination of Qassim Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis.
By Staff of Iraq Oil Report Published Friday, January 3rd, 2020
BASRA – Iraq’s oil sector is operating without disruption, despite the evacuation of some foreign oil workers in the aftermath of the U.S. assassination of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassim Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary leader Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis.
“The ministry confirms that the situation is normal at oil fields in Iraq, and production and exports have not been affected,” the Oil Ministry said in a statement Friday.