Introduction 1-Document: Iraq's SOMO requests gas oil shipments for the first time since 2025

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Singapore, July 20 (Reuters) - Iraq's state oil marketing company SOMO is seeking to buy gasoil cargoes for delivery in August and September via spot tender, in its first such move since January 2025, according to a document seen by Reuters.

The document showed that the state-owned company is seeking to purchase 127,500 tons (949,875 barrels) of gas oil with a sulfur content of 2,500 parts per million, with the first shipment of 40,000 tons to be loaded by August 1st.

The deadline for submitting bids is July 22, and the bids must remain valid for 20 days.

Companies do not usually comment on their business affairs or sales.

Two trading sources said that in January, SOMO sought to sell quantities of gas oil with a sulfur content of 1,000 parts per million for shipment during the period from February to April, either from the port of Khor Al-Zubair or the port of Umm Qasr.

Iraq began operating the new Karbala refinery in 2023.


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