BAGHDAD, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Iraq's new oil minister JabarAli al-Luaibi on Monday said a solution to the Iraqigovernment's conflict over oil with the Kurdish self-ruledregion was possible.
"There are solutions to the existing problems between thefederal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government aboutthe oil file," he told Baghdad-based Sumaria TV.
The conflict centres on the Kurdish region's crude oilexports which Baghdad wants to bring under its control.
Luaibi, a former head of South Oil Company, spoke after hewas sworn in as minister in Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi'soverhauled cabinet.
OPEC's second-largest producer after Saudi Arabia, Iraqproduces about 4.6 million barrels of crude oil per day, most ofit from the southern region overseen by South Oil Company.
About 500,000 barrels per day are exported from the Kurdishregion independently from Baghdad.
(Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; editing by Jason Neely)