Iraq Oil Exports Down 8.5% to 95,148 Million Barrels

An Iraqi flag is seen in front of oilfields (Reuters)
An Iraqi flag is seen in front of oilfields (Reuters)
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Iraq Oil Exports Down 8.5% to 95,148 Million Barrels

An Iraqi flag is seen in front of oilfields (Reuters)
An Iraqi flag is seen in front of oilfields (Reuters)

Iraq exported 95,148 million barrels of oil in February 2025, down 8.5% compared to January exports, according to data released by the State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO).

The total quantities of crude oil exported during February from the oil fields in central and southern Iraq reached 94,375,012 barrels, SOMO said.

Iraq’s oil exports to Jordan reached 419,846 barrels, and the quantities exported from the Qayyarah field reached 353,309 barrels.

In January, Iraq said it exported 103 million barrels of oil.

Starting this month and until June 2026, Iraq must voluntarily cut its crude oil production by an average of 125,000 barrels per day, as part of efforts to compensate for exceeding an OPEC+ quota during the previous months.

The country is the second-largest crude oil producer in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) after Saudi Arabia. Iraq's economy heavily relies on crude oil exports, which account for about 90 percent of the country's revenues.

On Wednesday, BP said it has received final government approval for the redevelopment of Iraq's giant Kirkuk oil fields, with an initial plan to produce 3 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

The project is a breakthrough for Iraq, where output has been constrained by years of war, corruption and sectarian tensions, and a cornerstone of BP's drive to refocus on its oil and gas business and away from renewables.



Iran's Currency Falls to Record Low against the Dollar as Tensions Run High

A man counts Iranian rials at a currency exchange shop in Basra, Iraq. (Reuters file photo)
A man counts Iranian rials at a currency exchange shop in Basra, Iraq. (Reuters file photo)
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Iran's Currency Falls to Record Low against the Dollar as Tensions Run High

A man counts Iranian rials at a currency exchange shop in Basra, Iraq. (Reuters file photo)
A man counts Iranian rials at a currency exchange shop in Basra, Iraq. (Reuters file photo)

Iran’s rial currency traded Saturday at a record low against the US dollar as the country returned to work after a long holiday.

The rial had plunged to over 1 million rials during the Persian New Year, Nowruz, as currency shops closed and only informal trading took place on the streets, creating additional pressure on the market, Reuters reported.

But as traders resumed work Saturday, the rate fell even further to 1,043,000 to the dollar, signaling the new low appeared here to stay.

On Ferdowsi Street in Iran’s capital, Tehran, the heart of the country’s money exchanges, some traders even switched off their electronic signs showing the going rate as uncertainty loomed over how much further the rial could drop.