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June 28, 2010 · about 16 years ago

Iraq port buckles under demand of arriving oil majors

Iraq’s hopes of building economic prosperity on the back of multibillion-dollar deals to develop its vast oil reserves have met a major hurdle in a lack of dock space and an impenetrable bureaucracy at its top port. Neglect, under-investment, combined with red tape, corruption and bureaucracy have l

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Iraq’s hopes of building economic prosperity on the back of multibillion-dollar deals to develop its vast oil reserves have met a major hurdle in a lack of dock space and an impenetrable bureaucracy at its top port. Neglect, under-investment, combined with red tape, corruption and bureaucracy have left Umm Qasr port, near the oil hub of Basra, ill-equipped to deal with the demands of oil majors trying to pour tonnes of equipment into Iraq.

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