Oil Ministry: Last month's revenues amounted to more than $6 billion

Baghdad-INA


The oil ministry on Monday reported that oil revenues reached more than 6 billion dollars last month.
 
"According to the final statistics issued by the Iraqi oil marketing company Sumo, the amount of exports of crude oil (94) million and (660) thousand and (239) barrels, with revenues of 6 billion and (553) million and (762) thousand dollars," the ministry said in a statement received by Iraqi news agency INA.
 
"The total amount of crude oil exported last August from oil fields in central and southern Iraq amounted to 91 million and (655) thousands and(930) barrels, while from Kirkuk fields through the port of Ceyhan, the exports amounted to 3 million and (4) thousand and (309) barrels," the statement said.
 
"The total amount of crude oil shipments exported at a price premium generated additional revenues of 130 million and (990) thousands and (954) dollars," it said adding that “the quantities exported were loaded by (35) international companies of different nationalities, from the ports of Basra, Khor al-Amiya and single floats on the Gulf and the Turkish port of Ceyhan.”