Russian oil company Lukoil said Tuesday a tanker loaded with crude oil taken from the West Qurna project in Iraq has left the southern port city of Basra. Lukoil said Sea Triumph, a tanker chartered by its international marketing subsidiary, left port with 1 million barrels of oil. Lukoil said it’s the first batch of oil from its operations in the West Qurna-2 project in Iraq. “The vessel is bound for Augusta, Sicily,” the company said in a statement. “Upon unloading, the oil will be transported for refining to Lukoil’s refinery in Priolo [Italy].” First oil was produced from West Qurna-2 , located in southern Iraq, in March. Lukoil, Russia’s largest private oil company, signed a contract revision in June to build two 75-mile pipelines and associated infrastructure. The system links the oil field to an export terminal in Basra, situated along the coast of the Persian Gulf. The […]