Once an OPEC quota buster, Iraq struggles to raise oil output due to port limitations

Near-term prospects for increasing loading volumes at its aging Gulf terminal facilities at Basrah are dim, Iraqi officials acknowledge, preventing any meaningful gains in production that would allow the cash-strapped country to benefit from high oil prices. And the degraded pipelines connecting the terminal to loading jetties are a major risk for a catastrophic environmental disaster. The reason for the delay in Oil outputs  is due to the political crisis which have caused instability and financial obstacles for Iraq to handle.