Baghdad - Saba:
The Iraqi Basra Oil Company denied on Saturday evening that oil exports had been halted due to tensions in the Middle East.
The company stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), "Some media outlets have circulated reports of a nine-day halt in oil exports from Basra Governorate's ports due to tensions in the Middle East."
The statement clarified that "this news is completely untrue," stressing that "oil exports are continuing from our oil ports in accordance with the normal levels of our OPEC quota."