, and that it has expanded the energy export facilities in the south to three million barrels per day.

He said during a tour in Rumaila oilfield, which produces more than a third of Iraq's daily output, that fighting in the north and east of the country did not affect the production or exports of oil from the south.

As a security and additional measure , drones are prepared to fly over Basra while Laeebe said in a statement reported by Reuters , seen by "Shafaq News" It's a sign on the priority given by the authorities to protect the installations and oil companies.

He said that the current production is 3.15 million barrels per day, but is expected to rise after exports fell last month to 2.423 million barrels per day, while officials attributed to the maintenance and expansion of a berth in Basra oil port.

Laeebe said that , "we were able to expand our capacity and now export our facilities for export that could carry out the export of more than 3 million barrels per day."

The total exports from southern Iraq reached 2.582 million barrels per day in May, the highest level since 2003, before retreating in June.

Iraqi exports from northern Iraq have stopped since February because of an attack by gunmen on Kirkuk - Ceyhan pipeline.

Laeebe said that the attack by guerrillas of ISIL in northern Iraq last month march towards Baghdad did not have any effect on oil production or export operations in the south.

He said that he told the representatives of international companies operating in Basra that intensified security measures had been around south oil installations as "the situation is very stable in the oil fields in the south."

Nevertheless, the authorities have taken additional security measures , Laeebe said that “ two drones are ready to start monitoring the skies of Basra to provide a "clearer picture of the oil fields and South power plants."

He added "This is the first time that Iraq use drones to fly over power plants in the South."

Iraq had said two years ago that it is going to buy drones from the United States to help protect oil platforms and the South oil installations that it is expected to start the aircraft operation by the end of 2012.