issued by the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company "SOMO".

The total amount of oil exports reached (95.6) Ninety-five million six hundred thousand barrels, while total earned revenue reached (5.289) and five billion, two hundred and eighty-nine million dollars.

The spokesman of the Oil Ministry, Assem Jihad said in an interview received by Shafaq News, that the daily exports of crude oil rate rose, reaching approximately (3.187) three million, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand barrels per day (bpd) which has not been achieved during the past decades.

He explained that the total exported quantities from the southern port of Basra reached (90.7) ninety million seven hundred thousand barrels earnings of $ (5.008) five billion and eight million dollars, while exports reached through the port of Ceyhan (4.9) four million nine hundred thousand barrels and revenues amounted to (281) two hundred and eighty one million dollars.

Jihad said that the sale of a barrel of crude oil price stood at (55 324) dollars.

He said that amounts above have been downloaded by 36 international oil company carrying different nationalities from the ports of Basra , Khor al-Amaya and buoys on the Arabian Gulf and the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

He noted that the ministry has made a special effort to increase its exports of crude oil to achieve additional revenues for the federal budget.