Iraq
exported 1.823 million barrels a day of crude oil in June, down 4% on the 1.9
million barrels a day exported in May, the Iraqi Oil Ministry said in a
statement issued Monday.
Iraq
exported in June an average of 1.44 million barrels a day from its southern
terminals at the Gulf, compared with 1.46 million barrels a day in the previous
month. Some 373,300 barrels a day were exported from its northern Kirkuk oil fields through the Turkish port of Ceyhan,
compared with 430,000 barrels a day in May.
Some 10,000 barrels a day were shipped by trucks to Jordan, similar to the amount
shipped the previous month.
Iraqi oil exports via the northern pipeline to Turkey's
Ceyhan were halted for five days due to an act of sabotage against part of the
line south of the restive city of Mosul.
Head of Iraqi oil police, Major General Hamed Abdullah Ibrahim accused al Qaeda
for the attack.
Revenue from crude exports in June was $3.889 billion, compared with $4.340
billion in May, according to the Oil Ministry's statement.
Iraq
exported crude at an average price of $71.10 a barrel in June, compared with
$73.70 a barrel in May, the statement said.