Iraq Reopens Northern Oil Export Route via Turkey’s Ceyhan Port
The North Oil Company said operations have restarted via the Saralo pumping station, with an initial export capacity of 250,000 barrels per day. This follows an agreement between Iraq’s federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to reactivate a key export route and bolster the country’s oil export system.
The KRG confirmed Tuesday that it has reached an understanding with Baghdad to resume crude exports through the region to Türkiye’s Ceyhan port.
The resumption comes amid ongoing concerns over the Strait of Hormuz, which has been disrupted since Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared it closed to most vessels in response to U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran that have reportedly killed around 1,300 people since Feb. 28. Before the conflict, about 20 million barrels of oil passed through the strait daily, and its partial closure has contributed to rising global oil prices.
On Sunday, Iraq’s Oil Ministry stated that it was ready to restart crude exports through the northern pipeline toward Ceyhan Port as an alternative to southern export routes affected by the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz.
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