Iraq PM seeks oil production rise to 10m barrels a day

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister said Friday that he wants to increase the country’s oil production to as much as 10 million barrels a day within six years. Crude oil sales account for nearly 90 percent of Iraq’s revenue but its exports have been hurt by the outbreak of the Middle East war between Iran and the United States, which choked off the Strait of Hormuz. Iraq, an OPEC founding member, was…