Iraq’s oil revenues drop: Oil Ministry

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Oil Ministry figures show the country’s oil revenues for the first three months of this year were down more than 50 percent compared with the same period in 2008.

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Published: Sun 5 Apr 2009, 6:37 PM

Last updated: Thu 2 Apr 2015, 3:20 AM

First quarter revenues this year stood at about US$6.57 billion, with an average daily export level slightly over 1.8 million barrels.

That represents about a 57.6 percent decrease from the US$15.49 billion that Iraq earned from oil exports in the same period last year. Then the average oil exports level was just over 1.9 million barrels a day.

Iraq is struggling to boost its oil exports at a time when plummeting prices have forced the government to slash spending plans. Oil revenues account for about 95 percent of Iraq’s revenue.


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