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Tankers are filled with Iraqi oil at the Al Basrah oil terminal (ABOT) 50 kilometers off the coast of Iraq in the Northern Arabian Gulf February 4, 2010. Iraqi oil exports account for an estimated 75 percent of the country's GDP, and an estimated 85-90 percent of Iraqi oil exports in total come out through this vital terminal originally constructed in the 1970's. The terminal can accomodate up to 4 tankers at a time, and pumps out 3 million barrels per day for export.

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Copyright: 2010 Scott Nelson
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Tankers are filled with Iraqi oil at the Al Basrah oil terminal (ABOT) 50 kilometers off the coast of Iraq in the Northern Arabian Gulf February 4, 2010. Iraqi oil exports account for an estimated 75 percent of the country's GDP, and an estimated 85-90 percent of Iraqi oil exports in total come out through this vital terminal originally constructed in the 1970's. The terminal can accomodate up to 4 tankers at a time, and pumps out 3 million barrels per day for export.