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Iraqi oil sales steady in August

Export levels were unchanged from July to August as authorities in Baghdad and Erbil continue talks to resume northern crude flows to Turkey.
Workers from the state-run Iraqi Drilling Company operate a rig at the West Qurna 1 oil field in Basra in August 2025. (Photo credit: IDC media office)

Fuel smuggling causes shortages and spiking prices

Smugglers are exploiting a growing margin between government-subsidized fuel and market prices in an illicit trade that is squeezing Iraq's fuel supply and costing the government billions.