Date of resuming the export of the region’s oil through the port of Ceyhan
Baghdad-Mil
The Kurdistan Democratic Party confirmed, today, Saturday, the completion of all preparations for resuming the export of the region’s oil through the Turkish Ceyhan pipeline .
Party member, Wafa Mohammed, said in a statement to “Mil”, “The resumption of the region’s oil through the Turkish Ceyhan pipeline will be in March .”
He added that “all technical preparations for resuming Kurdish oil have been completed,” adding that
“what remains is to agree with the Turkish side on a price of $3 for transporting one barrel .”
He added, “Oil production will be in three stages, the first of which includes the production of 100,000 barrels per day, the second 200,000 barrels, and the third 300,000 barrels, reaching the required number of 450,000 barrels .”
Earlier today, the Iraqi Prime Minister’s foreign affairs advisor, Farhad Alaaldin, denied media reports claiming that the United States had threatened to impose sanctions on Iraq if oil exports from the Kurdistan Region were not resumed .