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.



Nissan Reportedly Considers Transferring Some Domestic Production to US

FILE PHOTO: The American flag flutters at a Nissan automobile dealership in Irvine, California, US, March 27, 2025.  REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The American flag flutters at a Nissan automobile dealership in Irvine, California, US, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Nissan Reportedly Considers Transferring Some Domestic Production to US

FILE PHOTO: The American flag flutters at a Nissan automobile dealership in Irvine, California, US, March 27, 2025.  REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The American flag flutters at a Nissan automobile dealership in Irvine, California, US, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Nissan Motor is considering shifting some domestic production of US-bound vehicles to the US, the Nikkei reported on Saturday, as President Donald Trump ramps up trade tariffs on nations worldwide.
As early as this summer, Nissan plans to reduce production at its Fukuoka factory in western Japan and shift some manufacturing of its Rogue SUV to the United States to mitigate the impact of Trump's tariffs, the business newspaper said, without citing the source of its information.
The Japanese automaker's Rogue SUV, a key model in the US market, is now produced in Fukuoka and the United States, the report said, according to Reuters.
On Thursday, Nissan said it would not take new orders from the US for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs after earlier Trump tariff announcements, marking, a drastic scale-back of its operations at a joint venture plant.
The automaker now plans to maintain two shifts of production of the Rogue at its Smyrna, Tennessee, plant after announcing in January it would end one of the two shifts this month.
Nissan sold about 920,000 vehicles in the US last year, of which about 16% were exported from Japan, the Nikkei said, adding the planned production shift could hit local suppliers' businesses.