CHINESE CAPTURE OF “LARGEST SHARE” OF IRAQ’S OIL SALES LAST MONTH
Economy News _ Baghdad
The Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) announced on Tuesday that Chinese oil companies were the most numerous to buy Iraqi oil during the month of November.
“SOMO” said in a statistic published on its official website and seen by “Economy News”, that “Chinese companies were the most numerous among other international companies in the purchase of Iraqi oil, and by 7 companies out of 33 companies that bought oil during the month of November.”
She added that “Indian companies came second with 6 companies, then American companies came third with 4 companies, South Korea came fourth with 3 companies, Greek, Italian and Spanish companies came with two companies each, while the rest were distributed to Emirati, Japanese, Jordanian, Russian, Malaysian, Holland-British and Turkish companies with one company each.”
Somo indicated that it “relies in its sale of Iraqi oil on the main criteria for contracting with major and medium international oil companies, independent and vertically integrated government,” noting that “the most prominent international companies that bought Iraqi oil are the Indian company “Andlan Oil, Korean Kokaz, Exxon Mobil of America, Eni of Italy and Shell of the British Dutch.”
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