Iraq: Coast Guard and protection of offshore oil terminalsnote

The Iraqi Interior Ministry is said to have begun working on a project to protect the offshore oil terminals which Leighton Offshore is building off Basra coast in favor of the state-run South Oil Company (SOC). The following 356-word report sheds light on the project and tells who is taking charge of it and what it suggests buying and setting up. It also tells what about the Ministry’s plans in the region.