Highlights Kurdish deal would boost exports 400,000 b/d Progress on crude trading JVs with IOCs Baghdad — Iraq can increase oil production “immediately” to support the market ahead of the implementation of US sanctions on Iran, Iraq’s crude sales chief told S&P Global Platts. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The comments from Alaa al-Yassiri, the director general of Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization, come as officials from the group and its allies led by Russia are debating how to ensure market stability once the sanctions imposed by the order of US President Donald Trump come into force in November. Iran could lose up to 1.4 million b/d of exports by the end of the year, according to the latest projections by Platts Analytics . “Some increase could be done immediately,” said Yassiri referring to Iraq’s output. Iraq pumped 4.68 million/b last month, […]