Iraq parliament approves budget based on oil exports of 3.88 mln bpd
BAGHDAD, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament approved a budget for 2019 of 133 trillion dinars ($112 billion), based on projected oil exports of 3.88 million barrels per day at a price of $56, lawmakers said on Thursday.
The budget included payment of salaries for Kurdish Peshmerga, the military force for Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region. (Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed, writing by John Davison; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)