Iraq reports highest monthly oil revenue in over a year

ERBIL, Kurdistan region - Iraq pocketed over $9 billion in crude oil sales in the month of September, the country’s highest in monthly oil revenue since August last year. In its preliminary monthly report on Tuesday, Iraq’s oil ministry said that the country exported more than 103 million barrels of crude oil in the previous month, at a rate of 3.4 million barrels per day, a

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August revenues reached more than 8 billion dollar: Oil Ministry

Ministry of Oil announced on Tuesday that the final revenue for August is more than $8 billion. “The total final revenues of last August, according to the final statistics issued by the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company "SOMO" reached more than 8 billion dollars, where the amount of crude oil exports amounted to (106) million and (122) thousand and (679) barrels, with revenues of (8

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Oil Minister discusses developing oil industries with Gazprom

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul-Ghani, discussed on Friday developing oil industries in Iraq with the CEO of Gazprom Neft, Aleksandr Dyukov, and other officials from the Russian company. A statement issued by the Iraqi Oil Ministry mentioned that the meeting addressed prospects for bilateral cooperation and ways to develop joint projects

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Iraq declares three days of national mourning

Qaraqosh – Survivors of a fire that tore through an Iraqi wedding and those mourning the at least 100 lives lost filled the pews of a Christian mass Thursday, two days after the disaster. Mourners wept, ululated or quietly embraced one another under the arches of the Syriac Catholic church of Al-Tahera where portraits of the dead lined the stairs, showing men, women and chil

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Baghdad plans to turn Iraq into gas exporting country

The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, during his participation in the Middle East Global Summit organized by Al-Monitor and Semafor in New York. Photo: INA Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, confirmed on Friday that the government plans to turn Iraq into a gas-exporting country. Al-Sudani’s remarks took place during h

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