Iraq's Oil Exports For July The Highest In Decades

BAGHDAD / NINA / Oil Ministry announced that Iraq's oil exports for July was the highest in decades. The ministry's spokesman, Assem Jihad said in a statement, that "the exported quantities of crude oil and the revenue generated for July according to the final statistics issued by the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) amounted to 96.3 million barrels with revenue generated amounted to four billion and 840 million dollars. He added that last July's exports of crude oil registered a significant increase, which has not been achieved during the past decades. He noted that the ministry has made a special effort to increase its exports of crude oil to achieve additional revenues of the federal budget. / End