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Iraqi Kurdistan aims to increase increase oil production to 2 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2019, KRG Energy Minister Ashti Hawrami (pictured) told a panel at a World Economic Forum meeting in Istanbul on Tuesday. According to a report from Reuters, Hawrami also said that he wants companies to build pipelines so the fuel can […]
Reuters reports that Iraq's oil exports in May averaged 2.452 million bpd, down from 2.508 million bpd in April. The spokesman for the Oil Ministry, Asim Jihad, said on Saturday that exports from Basra (pictured) were 2.086 million bpd in May, with another 366,000 bpd from Kirkuk, including 7,000 bpd sent by truck through Jordan. […]
Iraq will reduce its exports of Basrah Light crude from the Persian Gulf by 15 percent in the first half of June compared to the second half of May, according to Bloomberg. A loading program seen by the news agency shows that the country plans to ship 19 cargoes from the al-Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT), […]
AKnews reports that Iraq is ready to supply crude oil to Brazil following the increase in oil production in recent months. Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussein al-Shahristani, met with the a Brazilian delegation to discuss ways to improve political and economic relations between the two countries, especially in the energy sector. The Brazillian side […]
Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani at a major energy conference in Erbil yesterday said that Kurdistan’s relations with Turkey in the energy sector have entered a new phase. He expressed his optimism that after his recent visit to Turkey, more political will and understanding will lead to stronger economic relations. In his speech at the energy […]
Bloomberg reports that Iraq will increase its exports of Basrah Light crude from the Persian Gulf by 20 percent in the second half of May, compared to a month earlier. According to the loading program, Iraq will ship 26 cargoes from the al-Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) (pictured), seven more than a month earlier. Exports will […]
The output of OPEC in April hit its highest point since 2008 as extra crude from countries such as Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq more than compensated from the loss of Iranian crude supply. Analysts found that the 12 member countries making up OPEC averaged 31.75 million barrels per day (mbpd). In April it was […]
Iraq's crude oil exports averaged 2.508 million bpd in April, the highest level in decades, the head of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) has announced. The figure was up 8.3 percent on March's 2.317 million bpd, Falah al-Amri told Bloomberg. Oil sales in April generated $8.8 billion in revenue from a total of 75.25 […]
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Reuters reports that Iraq has exported its first cargo of crude oil from its second new Single Point Mooring (SPM) floating terminal in the Gulf on Tuesday. The tanker named "A Whale" (pictured) left the terminal with a cargo of of two million barrels of crude oil destined for India's state-run Indian Oil Corporation. The […]
Reuters reports that Iraq's oil exports from its southern ports have jumped by 190,000 barrels per day (bpd) in April, indicating that shipments are heading for another post-war record. Exports from the al-Basra oil terminal (ABOT), Khor al-Amaya, and the new single-point mooring (SPM) on the Gulf have averaged a combined 2.11 million bpd in […]
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