Turkiye and Iraq sign one-year oil pipeline deal amid global shift

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Turkiye and Iraq have signed a one-year agreement to resume crude oil flow through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline. The deal, finalized by Turkish state firm BOTAS and Iraqi state oil companies SOMO and NOC, ensures a daily capacity of 750,000 barrels. This transit arrangement was signed following a meeting between the Turkish and Iraqi Energy Ministers in Ankara, just days after the previous bilateral arrangement expired. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi described the agreement as a strategic milestone, and both governments will work on a long-term framework for broader cooperation. The renewed deal is considered strategically important given current global oil market developments.

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The two governments will work to complete a framework agreement that includes sectors such as oil, electricity, water resources, and other areas of cooperation.

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The deal holds a more strategic position given the developments in global oil markets.

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The deal was struck between Turkish state firm BOTAS and Iraq’s state oil companies SOMO and NOC.

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The renewed agreement ensures crude flow of 750,000 barrels per day through the Iraq-Turkiye pipeline.

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Turkiye and Iraq signed a one-year agreement to keep crude flowing through the Iraq-Turkiye pipeline.

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The renewed agreement ensures crude flow of 750,000 barrels per day through the Iraq-Turkiye-pipeline" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="176303" data-entity-type="topic">Iraq-Turkiye pipeline, officials confirm.Ankara and Baghdad have signed a one-year agreement to keep crude flowing through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline that stretches from Iraq to Turkiye, just days after a top-level visit to Ankara by Iraq’s prime minister.The deal – struck between Turkish state firm BOTAS and Iraq’s state oil companies SOMO and NOC on Saturday – comes days after the decades-old bilateral arrangement lapsed on Monday last week.Recommended Stories list of 2 itemslist 1 of 2Is Spain being punished?list 2 of 2India cracks down on protesters accused of ‘abusing’ Modiend of listIn a post on X, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said the agreement was signed following a “productive meeting” in Ankara with Iraqi Oil Minister Bassem Mohammed Khudair.“While our efforts continue toward a new long-term agreement for this pipeline … we have implemented this transit arrangement covering a daily capacity of 750,000 barrels,” he wrote.The Iraq-Turkiye-pipeline" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="176303" data-entity-type="topic">Iraq-Turkiye pipeline has a maximum capacity of about 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd), although actual flows have been well below that in recent years.Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi hailed the deal in a post on X, describing it as “an important strategic milestone”.As Iraqi and Turkish companies commence their tasks, the two governments “will work … to complete a framework agreement that includes sectors such as oil, electricity, water resources, and other areas of cooperation that bolster shared interests and support development and stability,” al-Zaidi added.The signing comes four days after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and al-Zaidi met in Ankara.Bayraktar said that the deal “holds a more strategic position” given the developments in global oil markets.

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