Iraq's SOMO sees average December oil exports from Basra topping 2.6mn bpd

ABU DHABI: The head of Iraq's state oil marketing body, SOMO, said on Sunday that he expected average December oil exports from Basra to top 2.6 million barrels per day.

Falah al-Amiri was speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of a meeting of ministers of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) in Abu Dhabi.

Exports from Basra, Iraq's main oil-exporting hub, often fluctuate widely because of weather or technical problems. In early November they were running at 2.4 million bpd, according to shipping sources.