Turkey's Tupras confirms St Nikolas was carrying Iraqi crude from SOMO

Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS

11/01/2024 17:23

LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Turkey's Tupras confirmed
that the vessel St Nikolas, which was seized in waters off the
Omani coast by Iranian forces on Thursday morning, was loaded
with an Iraqi crude cargo from Basra that was sold by Iraq's
state-owned marketer SOMO, it said in a statement.
    "The mentioned tanker carries approximately 140 thousand
tons of crude oil, which was purchased by Tupras, from the Iraqi
state oil company SOMO and was en route from the port of Basra
to our refinery," Tupras told Reuters.

 (Reporting by Robert Harvey; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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