Iraq exported 73.7 million barrels of crude in August 2026

Cargo-level loadings by grade, with Basrah and the two Ceyhan categories shown separately

73,687,617

Barrels exported in the month

2,377,020

Average barrels per day

59

Loadings recorded across four grades

Basrah Medium 75.6% Basrah Heavy 19.1% (KRG) Kirkuk 2.9% Kirkuk 2.4%

Each column is one day's loadings, stacked by grade. Exports move in bursts rather than a steady flow, with nothing recorded on 12, 15, 23 and 25 August and a monthly peak of 6.4 million barrels on 26 August.

0 2m 4m 6m Daily average 2,377,020 bpd 1 Aug, Basrah Medium: 201,869 barrels 1 2 Aug, Basrah Medium: 1,422,678 barrels 3 Aug, Kirkuk: 249,055 barrels 3 Aug, (KRG) Kirkuk: 633,321 barrels 4 Aug, Basrah Medium: 1,902,631 barrels 5 Aug, Basrah Medium: 1,011,376 barrels 5 Aug, Basrah Heavy: 1,012,388 barrels 5 Aug, Kirkuk: 241,089 barrels 5 6 Aug, Basrah Medium: 2,005,555 barrels 7 Aug, Basrah Medium: 2,000,091 barrels 8 Aug, Basrah Medium: 1,303,048 barrels 9 Aug, Basrah Heavy: 1,954,743 barrels 10 Aug, Basrah Medium: 1,992,530 barrels 10 Aug, Kirkuk: 580,853 barrels 10 11 Aug, Basrah Medium: 1,986,363 barrels 13 Aug, Basrah Medium: 3,863,902 barrels 14 Aug, Basrah Medium: 1,911,054 barrels 14 Aug, Basrah Heavy: 997,421 barrels 15 16 Aug, Basrah Medium: 1,994,589 barrels 16 Aug, Basrah Heavy: 1,994,239 barrels 16 Aug, Kirkuk: 513,422 barrels 17 Aug, Basrah Medium: 4,014,991 barrels 17 Aug, Kirkuk: 175,248 barrels 18 Aug, Basrah Medium: 998,823 barrels 19 Aug, Basrah Medium: 2,016,091 barrels 20 Aug, Basrah Medium: 1,882,910 barrels 20 21 Aug, Basrah Medium: 3,044,486 barrels 21 Aug, (KRG) Kirkuk: 575,103 barrels 22 Aug, Basrah Medium: 1,940,249 barrels 22 Aug, Basrah Heavy: 2,014,583 barrels 24 Aug, Basrah Medium: 5,069,740 barrels 25 26 Aug, Basrah Medium: 1,968,029 barrels 26 Aug, Basrah Heavy: 3,864,031 barrels 26 Aug, (KRG) Kirkuk: 562,310 barrels 27 Aug, Basrah Medium: 1,949,780 barrels 28 Aug, Basrah Medium: 4,002,552 barrels 29 Aug, Basrah Medium: 1,898,650 barrels 29 Aug, Basrah Heavy: 1,924,234 barrels 30 Aug, Basrah Medium: 3,917,313 barrels 31 Aug, Basrah Medium: 1,403,295 barrels 31 Aug, Basrah Heavy: 290,700 barrels 31 Aug, (KRG) Kirkuk: 402,282 barrels 31 Day of August 2026, by bill of lading date
Crude oil gradeQuantity (barrels)Daily average (bpd)Share
Basrah Medium55,702,5951,796,85875.6%
Basrah Heavy14,052,339453,30119.1%
Kirkuk, via Ceyhan1,759,66756,7632.4%
(KRG) Kirkuk, via Ceyhan2,173,01670,0972.9%
Total73,687,6172,377,020100.0%

The two Basrah grades together account for 69,754,934 barrels, or 94.7% of the total. The two Ceyhan categories together account for 3,932,683 barrels, or 5.3%, averaging about 126,861 bpd. The 70,097 bpd figure covers the (KRG) Kirkuk category alone.

Source: SOMO export tables. Figures as reported for August 2026. The National Context  @Natlcontext