Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq’s crude oil exports rose for the fourth consecutive month in September, growing by over nine percent—equivalent to 218,000 barrels per day—to reach their highest level since the start of the Iran war.
Iraq’s seaborne crude oil exports jumped to 2.57 million barrels per day in September, up from 2.35 million barrels per day in August.
Despite the monthly improvement, Iraqi oil exports in September remained 25 percent lower than the 3.41 million barrels per day recorded during the same month in 2025.
Iraq’s oil exports gradually recovered in September, after hitting a low of 98,000 barrels per day in May.
Iraq’s average crude oil exports plummeted by 52 percent between January and September 2026, to an average of 1.6 million barrels per day, down from 3.34 million barrels per day in the same period in 2025.
The volume of oil exports surpassed three million barrels per day at the beginning of the year before experiencing a major shock due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which caused shipments to collapse to 540,000 barrels per day in March.
Exports continued to fall sharply, reaching historic lows of more than 90 percent in April and May before gradually recovering to 2.57 million barrels per day in September.
