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March production rises on Rumaila recovery

Iraq’s biggest oil field has recovered from a January fire, boosting nationwide output but posing a challenge to OPEC-plus quota compliance.
Workers from the state-run Iraqi Drilling Company work on a drilling rig at the East Baghdad oil field in April 2025. (Photo credit: Oil Ministry)

Iraqi crude exports fall in March

Export volumes declined in March, but Iraq also revised its official February figure sharply upward as OPEC-plus shifts is quota strategy.