With storage low,loadings slow at Iraq's Basra port

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Dubai-Crude loadings at Iraq's Persian Gulf Basra Oil Terminal have dropped to 47,000 bbl/hour,or 1.128-mil b/d,on diminishing crude storage levels,leading to a three-day delay for waiting vessels,an Umm Qasr-based shipping agent said Nov 14."They had been pumping like mad," he said."They need to get oil back in storage,then they will go back to normal rates."