Iraq nods 2019 budget of USD 112 bln based on oil exports of 3.88 mln bpd

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.