Iraq exported 70 mln barrels of oil in August and current daily exports exceed
3.0 mln bpd, Oil Minister Bassim Mohammed said on state TV. Baghdad has started
a pilot to truck crude from southern fields to Kirkuk storage to raise supply
into the northern export system and lift shipments via Turkey’s Ceyhan port to
above 600k bpd. The initiative is aimed at boosting northern-route throughput
after conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran disrupted Iraq’s shipments via
the Strait of Hormuz. Kurdistan-region output is about 200k bpd.