Iraq oil output rebounds in August
Production increased in August as OPEC-plus quotas continued to ease and fields in Iraqi Kurdistan recovered from drone attacks.
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)
Iraq's nationwide crude production rebounded in August after falling significantly in July, mostly due to a recovery of fields operated by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) that had been taken offline due to drone attacks.
The increasing output comes as the OPEC-plus group continues to lift quotas faster than expected, giving Iraq leeway to take advantage of latent capacity and creating new urgency for the Oil Ministry to make progress on infrastructure projects required to unlock new production growth.
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