Wartime oilfield curtailments persist as Iraq pushes to revive southern exports

Iraq's wartime oil production cuts remain firmly in place, even as the government’s oil marketing company, SOMO, appears to be making tentative progress in lining up buyers to revive southern exports.

The country is now producing about 1.6 million barrels per day (bpd) nationwide, according to an Iraq Oil Report analysis based on data gathered independently from all of the country's developed fields — a slight increase from mid-March but still about 3.3 million bpd below February output levels.