SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Fire broke out in a fuel tank outside Iraq’s main Gulf Umm Qasr port near Basra, the state news agency reported on Wednesday.
Iraq exports most of its oil through its southern Gulf ports, and Umm Qasr receives imports of grain, vegetable oils and sugar shipments that feed a country largely dependent on imported food.
For Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest producer, oil revenue represents at least 95% of its income. It has been hit by the collapse in demand and oil prices last year, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
