MoO announces slight decline in crude oil production during July

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Ministry of Oil announced that “The Iraqi crude Oil exports during July reached (2,324,000) Oil barrels per day which is a slight decline in comparison to the production of oil during June since it reached (2,328,000) barrels daily.”The Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of Oil, Asim Jihad, reported in statement received by IraqiNews.com “The Ministry achieved an increase in production of crude Oil exceeded (3,250,000) oil barrels comparing to the production average of the same duration in 2012 where it reached (2,942,000) barrels.””The increase in the crude oil production of 2013 did not take into account the oil production of oilfields in Kurdistan Region,” the statement added.”The Ministry of Oil developed plans to increase the Iraqi crude Oil production depending on national and foreign efforts,” the statement pointed out. \END\