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Iraq oil exports $11.07 bn in March, highest for 50 years
AFP via Breitbart ^ | 2 April, 2022 | AFP

Posted on 04/02/2022 6:15:08 AM PDT by GonzoII

Iraq exported $11.07 billion of oil last month, the highest level for half a century, as crude prices soared amid shortfall fears following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the oil ministry said.

The second largest producer in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Iraq exported “100,563,999 barrels for revenues of $11.07 billion, the highest revenue since 1972”, the ministry said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: exports; iraq; oil; opec; russia; ukraine
"On Friday, oil was around $100 a barrel."
1 posted on 04/02/2022 6:15:08 AM PDT by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII

Smart time to be an exporter of oil


2 posted on 04/02/2022 6:17:34 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: GonzoII

We deserve at least 50% of that revenue for the blood we spilled there.


3 posted on 04/02/2022 6:22:13 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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To: HighSierra5

Whatever the merits of your argument, they don’t see it that way. We now have a president who publicly trashed MBS, so they’re not in any mood to take his phone calls let alone open their bail him out of his stupid domestic energy policies by opening their spigots.


4 posted on 04/02/2022 6:32:27 AM PDT by MountainWalker
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To: GonzoII

Great Iraq gets rich and gets nuclear weapons while we suffer. All on our dime. Thanks Obiden!


5 posted on 04/02/2022 6:38:45 AM PDT by ShawnShawntheLeprecaun
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To: HighSierra5

I guess, 99% of the money goes to the Iraqi oligarchs, people connected to the rulers. They need them the most!


6 posted on 04/02/2022 7:02:28 AM PDT by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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To: GonzoII

The economic war against Russia is directly empowering the terrorist countries of the Middle East.


7 posted on 04/02/2022 8:06:17 AM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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