Iraqi oil exports reach 2003 levels

Crude oil exports from Iraq reached 2.4 million barrels per day, their highest level since after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, the Iraqi oil minister said.

Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, who faces criticism from lawmakers over the performance of the Iraqi energy sector during his tenure, said oil exports reached 2.4 million bpd and plans are to raise that to 4 million bpd, the Voices of Iraq news agency reports.
The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq began exports from its Taq Taq and Tawke fields June 1, and Sameer al-Salihi, an official with the oil ministry’s North Oil Co., said production from Kirkuk fields rose from 580,000 barrels to 670,000 barrels per day.

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