Abdul Kareem Luaiby said he expects output to reach some 3 million barrels a day by the end of this year.
Iraq is expected to add some 900,000 barrels a day in export capacity from southern oil terminals by the end of this year when a new floating buoy is opened. Iraq is currently exporting some 1.7 million barrels a day from its southern Persian Gulf terminals.
Iraq has signed some 11 oil field deals with international companies over the last two years. If things go as agreed with these firms, Iraq’s oil output should reach at least 8 million barrels a day in 2018.
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