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, Report informs.

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 noted, without giving further ⁠details.

​Operations at the ​port were not affected.