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Iraqi production continues to rise

Steady month-on-month increases are due to new drilling at the Halfaya field and recovering output from state-run fields.
Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luiebi (third from left) marks the start of the third phase of development at Missan's Halfaya field on July 8, 2017. (Source: Iraqi Oil Ministry's Media Office)
Samya Kullab, Ben Van Heuvelen and Staff of Iraq Oil Report
Thursday, October 5th, 2017

ERBIL - Iraq's production and exports are rebounding to levels the country has not achieved since January, before OPEC cuts began taking full effect.

Iraq produced an estimated 4.659 million barrels of oil per day (bpd) in August, according to an Iraq Oil Report analysis of data gathered from each of the country’s producing fields - up from 4.604 million bpd in July.

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