Iraq's August oil production rises to 2.285 million b/d: ministry

[Barrett808]

Iraqi Ministry of Oil figures for August show that crude oil production and internal supply rates from northern fields rose during the month, lifting the country's total production to 2.285 million b/d, up 42,000 b/d from the previous month.

Production from northern fields rose in August to 308,000 b/d, up by 28,000 b/d, the ministry figures, obtained by Platts, showed. This was due to the repair in mid-August of one of the crude oil feed pipelines connecting the Kirkuk oil production center with the major refining and pumping hub in Baiji, which were isolated after a major attack on the connecting pipelines on July 6.

The return to operation of the pipeline allowed for the supply of crude oil to Baiji; the build-up of emergency stock in the area as well as the pumping of crude to the Turkish terminal of Ceyhan for export, with some quantities exported in the last week of August.

Pumping to Ceyhan continued intermittently during the first week of September and the State Oil Marketing Organization SOMO issued a tender on September 3, closing on September 9, to lift 6 million barrels of Kirkuk from September 22.

Production from southern fields rose by 14,000 b/d to 1.977 million b/d, its highest level in two years.

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Lest we forget the real reason Cheney went into Iraq.

[Monkeyman]

1. gee and we just sent billions to them

[PSPS]

2. That's $160 million per day ...

I wonder where it's going. Halliburton? Cheney? Bush? It sure isn't staying in Iraq.