“As the test flows at the pipeline coming from Northern Iraq are completed and normal flow has begun, the central [Iraqi] government has raised the oil flow though the line that used to run with low capacity,” Reuters quoted a source close to the matter as saying, without specifying the amount.
The Kirkuk-Yumrutalık pipeline was reported as carrying 400,000 barrels of oil per day, which is far below its actual capacity of 1.5 million barrels, according to Turkish energy ministry statements.
Desperately seeking alternative energy resources, Turkey has signed an agreement with the KRG for the establishment of a separate 300,000-barrel capacity pipeline.
On Dec. 23, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said test flows for Northern Iraqi oil have been completed up to Ceyhan, Turkey’s southern coastal district in the Mediterranean province of Adana, adding oil flow would start after the tests.
Until recently, Baghdad has been explicitly opposed to the autonomous Kurdish region’s direct oil deals with foreign companies and the export of Kurdish oil and gas to Turkey.
However, some fresh negotiations between the parties have appeared to be yielding some solutions over the issue.
The KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani was reported as saying on Dec. 25 the central government is leaning toward resolving energy rows with its autonomous Kurdish counterpart.
Iraq is keen to see oil shipped via pipeline from the northern Kurdish region but any exports must be approved by Baghdad, Deputy Prime Minister for energy Hussain al-Shahristani had said, after flows on the pipeline started on Dec. 17.
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28/12/13
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Oil supplies from Iraqi Kurdistan via Turkey to begin towards end of January....
ReplyDeleteLONDON, January 09. /ITAR-TASS/. Oil deliveries from Iraqi Kurdistan to world markets via Turkey will start towards the end of this month, Reuters news agency reported on Thursday.
A Kurdistan autonomy government official said the first consignment of oil, amounting to about two million barrels, would be supplied via a recently inaugurated pipeline to the oil terminal on the Mediterranean coast in the Turkish city of Ceyhan for subsequent export.
According to Iraqi Kurdistan authorities’ estimates, the monthly oil export from the autonomy will grow up to six million barrels by March this year and to about 12 million barrels of oil towards the end of the year.
In November 2013, Turkish Premier Tayyip Erdogan and Nechrivan Barzani, Head of Government of the Iraqi Kurdistan, signed an agreement, under which the autonomy gains the possibility of delivering oil and natural gas to world markets via Turkey.
The oil supplies are a point at issue in the acute dispute between the central government of Iraq and the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan. Baghdad's view is that only the central government has the right to monitor oil export and sign contracts. However, the Kurds believe that in the supply of oil they have a right to act independently, without contradicting Iraq's constitution.
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