The Ministry of Oil announced today, Friday, that revenues for August amounted to more than 8 billion dollars.
It said in a statement: “The amount of crude oil exports amounted to (106) million (122) thousand and (874) barrels, with revenues amounting to (8.846) billion dollars.”
The statement added, “The total quantities exported of crude oil for the month of August from the oil fields in central and southern Iraq amounted to (105) million and (236) thousand and (963) barrels, while the quantities exported to Jordan amounted to (464) thousand and ( 725 barrels, while exports from Qayyarah field were (421,186) barrels, while the average daily quantities exported reached (3) million, (423) thousand barrels per day,” indicating, “The average price of one barrel reached (83.35) dollars.
The statement continued, “The Ministry, through its belief in informing the people of export operations and the revenues generated from them, took this monthly measure.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency