Iraq's supergiant Rumaila oilfield will begin producing an extra 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) by the beginning of July, the head of the State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO) said on Saturday.

"I expect we will get 100,000 barrels additional production from Rumaila field at the beginning of July," Falah Alamri told an economic conference in the Iraqi capital.

British Petroleum and China's CNPC signed a 20-year development contract last year for Rumaila, which was agreed to have a baseline production of 1.066 million bpd. – Reuters