Iraq exports 63 mm barrels of crude oil in September 2011

Iraq Ministry of Oil said that the overall crude oil exports for September 2011 reached 63 mm barrels adding that the income thereof exceeded $ 6 bn.
“The overall of September 2011 crude oil exports reached 63.1 mm barrels”, said Iraq Ministry of Oil Spokesman Assem Jihad. “Iraq oil income $ 6.619 bn as each oil barrel was sold at $ 104.897,” Jihad added.

“... 53 mm barrels of crude oil were exported from Basra with an income of $ 5.529 mm, while 10.1 mm barrels of crude oil were exported from Kirkuk oil with an income of $ 1.9 bn,” Jihad uttered.
“These oil quantities were transported by the 28 different multinational oil companies working in Iraq. Exports were carried out thru Basra Port an Khawr Al Aamiah on the Arab Gulf, from Ceyhan Turkish port on the Mediterranean and thru oil trucks towards Jordan”, the same source added.

Iraq State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) said in September 2011 that the overall of Iraq crude oil exports for August reached 67.9 mm barrels which brought in an income that exceeded $ 7 bn.
In March 2011 Iraq Ministry of Oil announced that Iraq oil reserves increased to reach 143 bn oil barrels and 123 tcm of gas. It is to be noted that Kurdistan oil reserves are not included in these figures.