Iraq lowers oil output from southern fields in line with OPEC+ cuts: minister

Iraq asked international oil companies operating some of its biggest fields in the south to cut their output for the country to adhere to the OPEC+ quota production cuts, the country’s oil minister said March 19. The 23-member OPEC+ alliance is currently in the middle of trimming its collective output by 2 million b/d, an agreement that kicked off in…