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Baghdad pushes to resume Iraqi Kurdistan’s oil exports to Turkey’s Ceyhan

3/15/2025

Baghdad  – 

The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, confirmed on Monday that Baghdad is exerting efforts to restart oil shipments from Iraqi Kurdistan to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

Al-Sudani’s remarks took place during his meeting with the Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, where he emphasized that the Iraqi government is eager to expand cooperative efforts with Turkish businesses across a range of industries, according to a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) .

Al-Sudani underlined the government’s desire to strengthen energy-related cooperation with Turkey, including expanding the supply of power through interconnection projects and diversifying energy sources.

The Iraqi prime minister indicated that negotiations are ongoing with foreign oil companies operating in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to resolve some technical issues related to the resumption of oil exports.

Bayraktar emphasized the significance of shipping oil from Basra through the Turkish port of Ceyhan and his country’s goal to boost collaboration with Iraq in a number of areas, such as refinery and petrochemical projects.

The Turkish minister also highlighted the significance of Iraq’s strategic project of the Development Road and the associated investment prospects.

In late February, Baghdad said that the State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) had finished the necessary steps to begin exporting oil produced in Iraqi Kurdistan through the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

The step followed a nearly two-year-long disagreement that disrupted the supply of over 300,000 barrels of Iraqi oil per day to international markets via Turkey.

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