Crude Oil Loading Suspended at All Iraqi Terminals after Drone Incident

Crude oil loading was suspended at all Iraqi terminals on Thursday after a drone crashed into an oil tanker at the Basra terminal, although it did not cause damage ⁠or a fire, ⁠four Iraqi oil and security sources told Reuters. Iraq's oil terminals are located in the ⁠south. It was not immediately clear who launched the drone. The oil tanker was towed outside the port alongside another tanker that was anchored as a precautionary measure. On Wednesday, a ⁠drone ⁠came down in Iraq's Faw port without causing any damage, the state news agency reported, without giving further details. Operations at the port were not affected.