Iraq plans to raise oil production from four Kirkuk oil fields to 450,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) and develop gas output of 500 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscf/d), Oil Minister Basim Al-Abadi said on Octobe...
Iraq, OPEC’s third-largest oil producing nation, increased its exports to 2.876 million barrels per day (mmbbl/d) in October up from 2.613 mmbbl/d in the previous month, according to Zawya. When the exports are broke...
The Iraqi Ministry of Oil plans to construct a new refinery in Kirkuk, according to Minister Thamer Ghadhban, Reuters reported. The refinery will have a production capacity of around 150,000 barrels per day (b/d). “Th...
Iraq’s oil exports increased in December, 2018 to hit 3.726 million barrels per day (b/d), Thamer Ghadhban, Iraqi Oil Minister, said in a statement on January 2. Exports level in November the same year reached about 3...
A newly-formed committee of experts are due to visit the Iraqi parliament to address the resumption of oil exports from Kirkuk through the Kurdistan region, Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi announced on November ...
Iraq plans to stop exporting crude from its northern Kirkuk oilfield to Iran in November in compliance with US sanctions placed on the Iranian energy industry, sources familiar with Iraqi oil exports told Reuters. Ira...
Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) has raised its oil selling price for July exports of Basra Light and Basra Heavy crude grades to Asia, Platts reported. SOMO raised Basra Light prices by 40 cents/b...
Iraq has begun deliveries of crude oil from Kirkuk to Iran, while Tehran will export a similar amount to Iraqi ports on its southern border, Reuters reported. Between 30,000 and 60,000 barrels per day (b/d) of Kirkuk ...
Iraq’s oil exports rose 11.5% in the year to March 2018, Middle East Monitor reported. The country exported 107.05 million barrels in March 2018, up from 96 million barrels in March 2017, according to figures released...
Iraq exported 3.453 million barrels per day (mb/d) of crude oil from its southern ports in March, a slight increase from the numbers for February, which marked the third month in a downward trend, Reuters reported. Ex...