Iraqi oil exports up for July

The Iraqi Oil Ministry says that oil exports in July inched up to 58.8 million barrels — a 0.7 percent increase from the previous month, the AP reported.

The statement says the barrel was sold at an average price of $113.8 and yielded $6.692 billion. June’s price stood at $123 a barrel.

The statement adds that 46.9 million barrels were exported through the country’s south and 11.9 million barrels from the north, from Turkey’s port of Ceyhan. The oil was uploaded by 19 international oil c…