030628-N-6077T-006 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Jun. 28, 2003) -- Commercial oil tanker AbQaiq is helped into position by tugboats prior to receiving crude oil. AbQaiq is the first commercial vessel to receive a post-war shipment of crude oil for export at Mina-Al-Bkar Oil terminal (MABOT) an off shore Iraqi oil installation. AbQaiq is scheduled to take on an estimated 2 million barrels of crude oil. Navy and coalition forces are helping to provide security, enforcing an exclusionary perimeter around the terminal. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Kevin H. Tie
030628-N-6077T-006 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Jun. 28, 2003) -- Commercial oil tanker AbQaiq is helped into position by tugboats prior to receiving crude oil. AbQaiq is the first commercial vessel to receive a post-war shipment of crude oil for export at Mina-Al-Bkar Oil terminal (MABOT) an off shore Iraqi oil installation. AbQaiq is scheduled to take on an estimated 2 million barrels of crude oil. Navy and coalition forces are helping to provide security, enforcing an exclusionary perimeter around the terminal. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Kevin H. Tierney. (RELEASED) US Navy 030628-N-6077T-006 Commercial oil tanker AbQaiq is helped into position by tugboats prior to receiving crude oil
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