Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) reported 73,687,617 barrels of crude oil exports for August 2026 in a report published on September 6. The document gives a daily average of 2.377 million barrels. These figures describe the same monthly export total in two forms: one is the volume loaded during August and the other is the average per day over the 31-day reference period. The report covers recorded crude exports, not oil production, reserves or export capacity.

Basrah Medium crude accounted for the largest reported grade, at 55,702,595 barrels, or an average 1.796858 million barrels a day. SOMO listed 14,052,339 barrels of Basrah Heavy, averaging 453,301 barrels a day. Kirkuk crude accounted for 1,759,667 barrels, or 56,763 a day; the separately listed Kirkuk crude from the Kurdistan Region totaled 2,173,016 barrels, averaging 70,097 a day. The report presents these as separate categories, so they remain separate here rather than being merged into one regional subtotal.

The breakdown shows that the August export basket was dominated by the two Basrah grades. A single monthly table, however, cannot establish a longer-term production trend, the lasting importance of each export route or future sales by individual companies. SOMO lists cargoes by vessel and bill-of-lading date, then aggregates them for the month. That makes the figures a record of exports in a defined calendar period. They should not be treated as total oil production: domestic use, refinery intake, changes in stocks and other flows are outside this export table's scope.

August 2026 is the report's reference period, while September 6 is its publication date. The daily averages above express the report's column measured in thousands of barrels per day on a million-barrel scale; they are not a separate forecast. This article does not infer prices, revenue, destination markets or total production from a document that does not report those results. Export volumes can be affected by cargo timing and market conditions, but this table does not identify causes. Its direct finding is a monthly accounting of Iraq's crude shipments recorded by SOMO.

The figures provide a useful starting point for discussions of oil markets and public finances, but revenue calculations would also require prices and sale terms, while a production balance would require field output and refinery use. The August total is not a capacity target. Vessel-level entries in SOMO's report allow readers to trace how the aggregate was assembled, and the grade categories show which crude streams contributed to it. Comparisons with later months should use consistent coverage, reporting conventions and daily-average windows. The central point is to read the monthly total and its average together within that methodological frame.