31.   But Turkey faces stiff competition from Russia, which wants the oil to flow to the Black Sea through its territory.

32.   If the Iraqi oil finally flows, the timing might not be so bad for OPEC.

33.   Iraqi Oil Minister Gen. Amer Mohammed Rasheed has said that oil will flow in soon, but some Western diplomats believe significant exports will not begin until January.

34.   It said the operations resumed early Thursday and oil was flowing at normal levels.

35.   Ivri said Iraq also retained dangerous potential and could rebuild its program to pre-Gulf War levels if oil flowed and sanctions ended.

36.   Oil still is flowing out of the country, with monitors of the Dutch company Saybolt overseeing the outflow.

37.   Oil was flowing at normal levels, it said.

38.   Russia has proposed that the oil should instead flow through its territory.

39.   The consultants excluded any oil that had been recovered or burned off and said it was impossible to guess had much oil had already flowed into rivers.

40.   The first would allow oil to flow from Azerbaijani Caspian Sea shelf to the Black Sea coast and a Russian terminal, likely Novorossiysk.