Sabotage attacks on oil facilities reduced Iraq’s crude exports in December to 1.16 million barrels per day (bpd), the lowest exports for any month in 2004, shipping sources have said.

Exports have not been that low since September 2003, when shipments totalled 930,000 bpd as Iraq ramped up oil flows after the US-led invasion in March that year.
Average exports for 2004 were 1.53 million bpd, down from pre-war levels of close to two million bpd.
Shipping lists revealed that Iraq exported around 35.8 million barrels from both its southern ports and through its northern pipeline to Turkey in December.
Around 33.2 million barrels were exported through the southern ports of Basra and Khor Al Amaya, down from just over 35 million barrels in November because of bad weather and power failures.
In the north, however, exports were far more seriously disrupted by sabotage attacks.
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