Iraq starts up second sPMsystem to boost exports

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Baghdad—Iraq has inaugurated a secondsingle point mooring system off the coast ofBasra in the Persian Gulf, expanding its oilexport capacity by a further 900,000 b/d, thehead of the state-owned South Oil Company,Dhia Jaffar, said in a statement April 20.He said the first tanker berthed at thenew SPM late April 19 and began loadingcrude on April 20.This is the second of five SPMs thatIraq is planning to install at its southernports to expand its oil export capacity to 8million b/d.