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Iraq's May Oil Exports Averaged about 2.9 Mln Bpd

Iraq was hit hard by the collapse in oil prices when the COVID-19 pandemic struck and struggled to pay public sector workers. (Reuters)
Iraq was hit hard by the collapse in oil prices when the COVID-19 pandemic struck and struggled to pay public sector workers. (Reuters)
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Iraq's May Oil Exports Averaged about 2.9 Mln Bpd

Iraq was hit hard by the collapse in oil prices when the COVID-19 pandemic struck and struggled to pay public sector workers. (Reuters)
Iraq was hit hard by the collapse in oil prices when the COVID-19 pandemic struck and struggled to pay public sector workers. (Reuters)

Iraqi oil exports stood at about 2.9 million barrels per day (bpd) in May, little changed from the previous month, the country’s oil ministry said on Tuesday.

Exports from Iraq’s southern Basra terminals hit 2.8 million bpd during May, the ministry said, while shipments from Kirkuk through Ceyhan averaged about 99,000 bpd.

Iraq, which is OPEC’s second-largest producer, relies on oil exports for nearly all its state revenue. It was hit hard by the collapse in oil prices when the COVID-19 pandemic struck and struggled to pay public sector workers.

Iraq’s oil revenue rose to $5.88 billion in May as it sold crude at an average of $65.46 per barrel, up from $62.5 in April.

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World Leaders Descend on Azerbaijan’s Capital Baku for United Nations Climate Talks

Leaders arrive for a group photo at the COP29 UN Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP)
Leaders arrive for a group photo at the COP29 UN Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP)
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World Leaders Descend on Azerbaijan’s Capital Baku for United Nations Climate Talks

Leaders arrive for a group photo at the COP29 UN Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP)
Leaders arrive for a group photo at the COP29 UN Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP)

World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks which had the star power of a soccer World Cup.

But 2024's climate talks are more like the World Chess Federation finals, lacking the recognizable names but big on nerd power and strategy. The top leaders of the 13 largest carbon dioxide-polluting countries will not appear with their countries responsible for more than 70% of 2023's heat-trapping gases.

Biggest polluters and strongest economies China and the United States aren't sending their No. 1s. The four most populous nations with more than 42% of all the world's population aren't having leaders speak.

“It’s symptomatic of the lack of political will to act. There’s no sense of urgency,” said climate scientist Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics. He said this explains “the absolute mess we’re finding ourselves in.”

On Tuesday, Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev, United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are the headliners of among the nearly 50 leaders set to speak.

But there'll be a strong showing expected from the leaders of some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries. Several small island nations presidents and over a dozen leaders from countries across Africa are set to speak over the two-day World Leaders’ Summit at the COP29 conference.