Iraq exports begin to rise again

Iraq's exports in October increased by nearly nine percent over September, to 2.253 million barrels per day (bpd), as infrastructure work both onshore and offshore in the Basra Gulf helped output overcome adverse weather in the south and a drop in exports from the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline.

Iraqi exports had fallen in September to 2.07 million bpd, a drop of 500,000 bpd from August's average, due to the partial shut-down of the al-Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT) from early September through late October.