Al Bashrah Oil Terminal (ABOT), Arabian gulf

Der Spiegel correspondent Bernhard Zand (r) interviews Iraqi Southern Oil Company worker Abu Mohammed at the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) February 2, 2010 some 50 kilometers off the coast of Iraq. The terminal is a vital part of Iraqs oil infrastructure with more than 90 percent of the country's oil exports pass through this terminal yearly. Abu Mohammed is 62 years old and has worked at the platform for 35 years. (Photo by Scott Nelson/Agentur Focus)

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Der Spiegel correspondent Bernhard Zand (r) interviews Iraqi Southern Oil Company worker Abu Mohammed at the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) February 2, 2010 some 50 kilometers off the coast of Iraq. The terminal is a vital part of Iraqs oil infrastructure with more than 90 percent of the country's oil exports pass through this terminal yearly. Abu Mohammed is 62 years old and has worked at the platform for 35 years. (Photo by Scott Nelson/Agentur Focus)