issued by the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company "SOMO".

The total amount of oil exports was seventy-three million and six hundred thousand barrels by revenues that reached seven billion, one hundred and seventy-two million dollars.

The spokesman of the Ministry of Oil, Assem Jihad said that “ the final statistics of the oil marketing company "SOMO" of oil exports for last August from southern ports in Basra amounted to (73.6) and seventy-three million six hundred thousand barrels and earned income amounted to (7.172 seven billion, one hundred and seventy-two million dollars ).

Kirkuk oil exports through Kirkuk - Ceyhan line are stopped because of terrorist operations since 02.03.2014.

He added that the average selling price was (97.446) dollars per barrel.

The above quantities were loaded by (33) international oil company carrying different nationalities, from the ports of Basra and Khor al-Amaya and buoys on the Arabian Gulf.