030629-N-4790M-004 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Jun. 29, 2003) -- USS Chosin (CG 65) enforces an exclusionary perimeter as commercial oil tanker AbQaiq readies itself to receive oil at Mina-Al-Bkar Oil terminal (MABOT), an off shore Iraqi oil installation. AbQaiq is the first commercial vessel to receive a post-war shipment of crude oil for export at Mabot. AbQaiq is scheduled to take on an estimated 2 million barrels of crude oil. Chosin is on deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Navy and coalition forces are helping to provide security, enforcing an exclusionar
030629-N-4790M-004 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Jun. 29, 2003) -- USS Chosin (CG 65) enforces an exclusionary perimeter as commercial oil tanker AbQaiq readies itself to receive oil at Mina-Al-Bkar Oil terminal (MABOT), an off shore Iraqi oil installation. AbQaiq is the first commercial vessel to receive a post-war shipment of crude oil for export at Mabot. AbQaiq is scheduled to take on an estimated 2 million barrels of crude oil. Chosin is on deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Navy and coalition forces are helping to provide security, enforcing an exclusionary perimeter around the terminal. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Andrew M. Meyers. (RELEASED) US Navy 030629-N-4790M-004 USS Chosin (CG 65) enforces an exclusionary perimeter as commercial oil tanker AbQaiq readies itself to receive oil at Mina-Al-Bkar Oil terminal (MABOT), an off shore Iraqi oil installation
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