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Iraq's oil exports up to 3.2 mln bpd in Sept.

BAGHDAD, Oct 1 (KUNA) -- Iraq's oil exports rose to 3.276 million barrels per day (bpd) in September from 3.230 million bpd in August, the country's Oil Ministry said.
Total oil exports from Iraq's southern Basra ports hit 97.3 million barrels, while 935,000 million barrels were exported from Turkey's Jihan port, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
Iraq's total oil earnings during the month of September amounted to USD 3.8 billion; USD 38.8 per barrel, it added.
Despite the hike in daily oil exports, overall exports during September went down to 98.2 million, compared with 100.1 million in August, the ministry noted. (end) ahh.mt