“There are strong influence from Iraq under the prices and produced quantities with the facilities,” The director of global marketing at KPC, Nasser Almudaf said in a press statement briefed by " Shafaq News “.

Almudaf added " Iraqi oil is a strong competitor for the region ."

Iraq is seeking to increase its oil production to more than four million barrels per day in 2014 , as Minister of Oil , Abdul Karim al-Laeebi announced putting plans that could raise its oil exports to 3.4 million barrels per day , including 400 thousand barrels from fields in Kurdistan Region .