KIRKUK  - Iraq plans to sign an agreement with BP BP.L on Thursday to boost production from the northern Kirkuk oilfields, an Iraqi oil official said.

The agreement will be signed at the offices of Iraqi state-run North Oil Company which operates the fields, he told Reuters.

(Reporting by Huda Majeed; writing by Maher Chmaytelli; editing by Jason Neely) ((maher.chmaytelli@thomsonreuters.com; +9647901917030;))