Iraq and Turkey Seek Deal to Keep Oil Exports Through Ceykan Past July Expiry
Iraq and a high-level delegation including officials from the federal oil ministry and the Kurdistan Region's energy department visited Ankara to negotiate a temporary protocol extending crude exports through Turkey's Ceyhan terminal past July 27. The current treaty governing the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline expires on that date, and Baghdad and Ankara are finalizing a stopgap arrangement to prevent a shutdown of Iraq's secondary export route. According to the Kurdistan Region's contracts director general, the facility currently moves more than 200,000 barrels per day.
Officials from both countries agreed on Wednesday and Thursday to continue technical and legal consultations aimed at securing the implementation protocol. The pipeline has historically served as a critical alternative for Iraqi and Kurdish crude to bypass the Persian Gulf, though negotiations over long-term export volumes and transit fees have periodically strained Baghdad's relationship with Ankara. The temporary agreement ensures cross-border energy flows remain uninterrupted while technical teams draft the extension terms.
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@staunovoStopgap deal aims to avert northern export shutdown Baghdad and Ankara are pursuing a temporary deal to keep Iraq's only secondary oil export route operating past the July 27 expiration of the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline treaty.
@k24englishSpeaking to Kurdistan24, Director General of Contracts at the KRG's Ministry of Natural Resources, said that the temporary protocol will keep more than 200,000 barrels per day flowing through Ceyhan. Read More: http
@thenewregionA high-level Iraqi delegation, including officials from the federal oil ministry and the Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Natural Resources, visited Ankara on Wednesday and Thursday for talks on the "future of the Iraq-Turkey pipeline agreeme