Iraq’s oil exports up by 2 million barrels in Jan.

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Ministry of Oil achieved an increase in the country’s oil exports of more than two million barrels in Jan. 2009, compared to Dec. 2008, the ministry’s media spokesperson said on Tuesday. “In Jan. 2009, Iraq exported 58.621 million barrels, with an average of 891 thousand barrels per day (bpd),” Assim Jihad told IraqiNews.com news agency. “In Dec. 2008, Iraq exported 56.2 million barrels,” he added. MH (P)/SR 1