World oil prices , now just under $ 70 a barrel , have recently displayed strong sensitivity to fluctuating supplies , and Iraq 's northern oil fields , centered on the city of Kirkuk , can produce close to a million barrels a day , according to estimates by the state-owned North Oil Company and the United States Energy Department .
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