Iraq Exports Fall as Protesters Blockade Oil Field

摘要

Iraq'ss Basrah crude exports slid to a nine-month low in December as antigovernment protests briefly halted production at the state-run Nasiriyah field and threatened operations elsewhere in the country'ss southern oil heartlands. The world'ss third-largest oil exporter has been rocked by mass protests over the past three months amid calls for sweeping political reform and an end to corruption.