Iraq's Oil Ministry dismissed claims of a potential OPEC withdrawal, emphasizing the need for reassessing its production quota to better reflect national output capabilities.
Iraq's Oil Ministry has dismissed such reports
Jun 25, 2026
06:05 pm
What's the storyIraq's Oil Ministry has dismissed reports of the country threatening to exit the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) if the oil producer group does not allow it to increase oil production.
The ministry clarified that neither the prime minister nor any government official had raised such an issue.
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