Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Iraq's Oil Revenues Reach Highest Amount In Almost A Decade


Global oil prices are heading towards $100 per barrel again, which benefits Iraq the most oil dependent country in the world.

 

In January 2022 the country exported an average of 3.203 million barrels a day. That was down from December's mark of 3.277 million barrels. Exports had been rising for seven months straight, but they often fluctuate.

The rising exports were due to Iraq's oil production quota increasing under the OPEC+ agreement. In January the nation's quota was 4.281 million barrels up from 4.237 million barrels in December.

Despite the drop in sales prices continued to rise. Iraq sold a barrel of crude for $83.24 in January. That was the highest amount since September 2013. That meant the nation earned $8.27 billion the most since August 2013. This was welcomed news for Baghdad that earns almost all of its money from petroleum. 

Federal Oil Exports, Prices, Revenues 2019-2021

Month

Avg Export (Mil)

Avg Price

Earnings (Bil)

Jan 2019

3.649

$56.15

$6.367

Feb

3.621

$60.83

$6.179

Mar

3.377

$63.80

$6.709

Apr

3.466

$67.41

$7.021

May

3.572

$66.68

$7.329

Jun

3.52

$60.58

$6.372

Jul

3.566

$61.15

$6.692

Aug

3.603

$57.41

$6.413

Sep

3.576

$59.14

$6.321

Oct

3.447

$57.15

$6.121

Nov

3.5

$59.82

$6.305

Dec

3.428

$63.05

$6.698

2019 Avgs

3.527

$61.09

$6.543

Jan 2020

3.306

$60.14

$6.163

Feb

3.391

$51.37

$5.053

Mar

3.391

$32.73

$2.962

Apr

3.438

$13.80

$1.51

May

3.212

$21.00

$2.136

Jun

2.816

$33.86

$2.871

Jul

2.763

$40.70

$3.492

Aug

2.597

$43.69

$3.492

Sep

2.613

$40.40

$3.173

Oct

2.876

$38.48

$3.457

Nov

2.709

$41.77

$3.404

Dec

2.846

$47.76

$4.235

2020 Avgs

2.996

$38.80

$3.493

Jan 2021

2.868

$53.29

$4.765

Feb

2.96

$60.33

$5.013

Mar

2.946

$63.32

$5.787

Apr

2.947

$62.77

$5.549

May

2.899

$65.84

$5.917

Jun

2.892

$70.77

$6.143

Jul

2.918

$72.00

$6.476

Aug

3.054

$69.01

$6.553

Sep

3.081

$73.32

$6.777

Oct

3.12

$79.27

$7.666

Nov

3.272

$77.33

$7.611

Dec

3.277

$72.80

$7.391

2021 Avgs

3.019

$68.33

$6.303

Jan 2022

3.203

$83.24

$8.27

 

SOURCES

 

Dourian, Kate, “January oil revenues soar to decade high despite dip in exports,” Iraq Oil Report, 2/3/22

 

Saadi, Dania, “IRAQ DATA: Federal oil exports in Jan drop 2% despite higher OPEC+ quota,” S&P Global, 2/1/22

 

Xinhua, “Iraq exports 99 mln barrels of crude oil in January,” 2/1/22

 

 

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