Iraq commits to US sanctions on Iranian oil, seeks alternative fuel imports: Oil ministry | Rudaw
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Iraq commits to US sanctions on Iranian oil, seeks alternative fuel imports: Oil ministry | Rudaw
- Iraq will honor US sanctions on Iranian oil and will not export oil to Iran. To address gasoline shortages, Baghdad plans to import oil via SOMO using alternative routes.
- The move follows regional instability and the suspension of southern Basra refineries’ FCC operations, which reduced high-octane gasoline supply by an estimated 4–5 million liters.
- The US–Israel–Iran hostilities since late February impacted Iraqi oil exports (down to about 10 million barrels in April f
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