Exports 'gradually' resume after spillage at Iraq's Basra oil terminal -statement

Sept 16 (Reuters) - Oil exports from Iraq's Basra oil terminal are being gradually resumed after they were halted last night due to a spillage, which had now been contained, Basra Oil Company said on Friday.

The port has four loading platforms and can export up to 1.8 mln barrels per day.

Reporting by Aref Mohammed; Writing by Enas Alashray and Moaz Abd-Alaziz, Editing by Louise Heavens

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