Iraqi crude oil production rose by 19,000 b/d on the month to 4.595 million b/d in November, the country’s State Oil Marketing Organization said Wednesday, amid higher exports from both its southern terminals and the Kurdish region in the north. This makes it the ninth month out of 11 that Iraq has not complied with the current OPEC/non-OPEC cut agree, according to ministry data. Exports were up sharply, rising 141,000 b/d on the month to 4 million b/d in November, SOMO said in a letter addressed to S&P Global Platts. The figure include the Kurdish region in northern Iraq. The oil ministry said last week federal crude oil exports in November rebounded to 3.5 million b/d after shipments were down in October due to bad weather which had caused some loading delays. This suggests the Kurdish region shipped as much as 502,000 b/d, making it the highest […]