Iraq aims to boost southern ports crude export capacity

An Iraqi oil worker at an oil refinery in the town of Nasiriyah, Iraq. (File/AFP)

• Hattab said the increased capacity would be after 2023

DUBAI: Iraq aims to increase crude oil export capacity from its southern ports to 6 million barrels per day from the current 3.5 million barrels a day capacity, Karim Hattab, deputy oil minister for distribution affairs said in a statement.
Hattab said the increased capacity would be after 2023 and that the plan includes building 24 storage tanks.