BAGHDAD, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Iraq's oil exports rose to 2.516
million barrels per day (bpd) on average in July compared with
2.403 million bpd in June, the head of the State Oil Marketing
Organisation (SOMO) told Reuters on Wednesday.
Exports from Basra in the south were 2.216 million bpd in
July while shipments from northern Kirkuk were 300,000 bpd,
including 6,000 bpd by truck through Jordan, Somo chief, Falah
Alamri, said.
(Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed; writing by Barry Malone; editing
by Keiron Henderson)