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Ministry of Oil announces July’s oil exports and revenues

Proceeds exceeded $8 billion

Ministry of Oil announces July’s oil exports and revenues

BAGHDAD, August 23 — Iraq’s Ministry of Oil announced on Wednesday that total oil exports and revenues in July surpassed $8 billion. The statistics were released in a statement by State Organization for Marketing Oil (SOMO).

The statement read:

The Ministry of Oil has declared the total oil exports and revenues achieved in the month of July, based on the final statistics issued by the State Organization for Marketing Oil (SOMO). The quantity of crude oil exports reached 106,755,169 barrels, with revenues amounting to $8,330,475,000.

The statistics indicated that total exported quantities of crude oil for July from oil fields in central and southern Iraq reached 105,487,610 barrels. The exported quantities from Kirkuk were 922,755 barrels, while exports to Jordan amounted to 344,804 barrels.

The average price per barrel was recorded at $78.033.

The exported quantities were loaded by 40 international companies of various nationalities, from the ports of Basra, Khor Al Zubair, the single-point moorings in the Gulf, Ceyhan port in Turkey on the Mediterranean Sea, and Kirkuk’s modern depot by tankers.

It’s worth mentioning that the ministry, with the aim of keeping the public informed about export operations and the resulting revenues, has adopted this monthly procedure.

Man arrested for killing and hiding victim’s body in car trunk in Anbar

Members of Iraq's security forces

'Financial dispute'

Man arrested for killing and hiding victim’s body in car trunk in Anbar

ANBAR — Anbar’s Criminal Investigation Unit arrested a man on Wednesday who hid the body of his victim in the trunk of his car near the Albu Diab road in the Al-Jazeera area.

Authorities also seized the murder weapon, identified as a “Colombian pistol”, and the suspect “confessed” to committing the crime due to a “financial dispute,” without providing details about the nature of the dispute.

In a statement, the unit announced that after receiving information about a murder in the Al-Jazeera area, a team from the Ramadi Criminal Investigation Division and forensic experts responded immediately to the scene.

“Upon arrival, officers found a vehicle, and upon searching it, they discovered a body in the trunk,” the statement continued.

An examination of the body revealed a head injury. “A task force was formed to investigate, and through gathering information, reviewing surveillance footage, and coordinating with the Anbar Intelligence and Counterterrorism Directorate, the perpetrator of the crime was apprehended in less than 20 hours,” the statement read.

The murder weapon was recovered along with three spent bullet casings. “He confessed to committing the murder over a financial dispute,” the statement read.