51.   Meanwhile, illegal oil shipments from Iraq are reportedly going by either sea or pipeline to Syria, Turkey and Jordan.

52.   Mulqi revealed that Jordan was affected by the airstrikes on Iraq, during which oil shipments to Jordan were suspended.

53.   Occidental has also delayed an oil shipment.

54.   October imports continued to feature a high level of oil shipments.

55.   OPEC may need to consider cutting output at an unspecified future date if Iraq resumes its oil shipments, Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali Naimi said.

56.   Oil shipments for humanitarian purposes must be cleared by the United Nations.

57.   On Monday, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry lodged a protest with the Russian Embassy in the capital Vilnius over the cut in oil shipments, ITAR-Tass said.

58.   OPEC members agreed Tuesday to continue pumping oil at current levels but braced for softer crude prices as Iraq showed a willingness to resume its oil shipments.

59.   Romania has been under international pressure to patrol its border more tightly and halt illegal oil shipments.

60.   Shell Nigeria announced it would be late in meeting some of its contractual obligations on oil shipments beginning Tuesday, a spokesman for Shell International said Monday.