Iraq has allocated 67 percent of its 2019 oil sales to Asia, the country’s oil ministry said on Tuesday, as OPEC’s second-biggest producer aims to sell more of its oil on the prized Asian markets. Iraq’s oil sales next year will include shipments from both the key export ports in Basra in southern Iraq and from the Kirkuk oil fields in the north, Reuters quoted the oil ministry as saying in a statement. Earlier this month, Iraq resumed oil exports from the Kirkuk province, a year after it had stopped oil flows from the area due to a dispute with the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region over oil shipments via the only export outlet in the area—a pipeline owned by the Kurdistan region. For next year, apart from 67 percent of Iraq’s oil going to Asia, 20 percent will be exported to Europe, and the remaining 13 percent will be shipped […]