Iraq, the nation adding more new oil to global markets than any other supplier in OPEC, said it needs to boost production and exports of crude to compensate for collapsing prices.
Iraq is pumping crude at a record pace and will continue to boost exports this year amid a global market glut that’s pushed prices down, Oil Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said.
Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest producer, raised the selling price for February shipments to Asia of its main Basrah Light crude by 30 cents a barrel, after Saudi Arabia boosted its pricing to the region.
Savings on petroleum product subsidies will reach an estimated 35% of the current value of EGP 100 billion for the FY 2014/2015 budget if current oil prices continue as is, Minister of Petroleum Sherif Ismail said.
The oil tanker SCF Byrranga, which was renamed the United Kalavryta (also known as United Kalavrvta) in March 2014 and is currently off the coast of Texas with a cargo of Kurdish crude oil. US District Judge Gray Mil ...
Iraq's crude oil exports reached 2.94 million b/d in December, a new record high, taking the country's 2014 monthly average to 2.517 million b/d, as the recent deal with Kurdish authorities begins to bear fruit.
JSC Gazprom Neft said a third well in the Badra field in eastern Iraq has come on production, ensuring “sustainable” rates of at least 15,000 b/d. Drilling of another three wells continues.