The Iraqi Oil Ministry announced that total crude oil exports for the month of July reached 78 million barrels, generating a revenue of USD 7,577 million, with over USD one billion increase from the month of June. It noted that the exported quantities were purchased by 31 oil companies from different nationalities, and shipped from the ports of Basra and Khor al-Amaya on the Arabian Gulf, the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea and by tanker trucks to Jordan. The crude oil exports for the month of June amounted to 72 million barrels and unrealized value of USD 6,487 million