SEOUL, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Iraq expects to export 2.6 mlnbarrels per day of oil in October, the country's oil ministersaid on Wednesday.
Basra oil export volumes are seen at 2.3 million to 2.4million bpd next month, Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi said.
"It may be 2.6 mln bpd for October and for Basra 2.3 to 2.4million bpd," he told reporters on the sidelines of an Asiaenergy ministers forum in Seoul.
Iraq is currently exporting 2.5 million bpd of oil, theminister said earlier in the day.
He also said Iraq had agreed a deal with BP Plc todevelop the Kirkuk oilfield. (Reporting by Amran Abocar, writing by Himani Sarkar; Editingby Michael Urquhart)