{"id":1958,"date":"2017-11-27T20:10:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T21:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/iraq-planning-to-export-kirkuk-crude-to-turkey\/"},"modified":"2017-11-27T20:10:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T21:10:07","slug":"iraq-planning-to-export-kirkuk-crude-to-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/iraq-planning-to-export-kirkuk-crude-to-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq Planning to Export Kirkuk Crude to Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi..com\">madaresharghi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> \tIraq plans to construct a new pipeline to transport oil from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, the Iraqi Oil Ministry confirmed on Sunday.<br \/> \tOil exports from Kirkuk have been on hold since Iraq recaptured the Kurdish-controlled oilfields last month.<br \/> \tThe new pipeline will replace a damaged section of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, connecting the nearby city of Baiji with Turkey\u2019s Fish-Khabur border area, RT reported.<br \/> \tExports had been suspended in retaliation for a Kurdish independence referendum in September.<br \/> \tIraq\u2019s Oil Ministry hopes that the new pipeline would double Kirkuk\u2019s oil exports to 1 million barrels per day.<br \/> \t\u201cThe old pipeline has been severely damaged due to the repeated subversive operations of Daesh gangs,\u201d ministry spokesman, Asem Jihad, said, referring to an Arabic acronym for the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group.<br \/> \t\u201cSpecialized companies will be invited soon for presenting tenders,\u201d he added.<br \/> \tTop Iraqi oil officials met with a Turkish energy delegation in Baghdad earlier this month to discuss resuming Kirkuk\u2019s oil exports.<br \/> \tAccording to reports, Iraq\u2019s state-run Oil Marketing Company, or SOMO, is seeking an agreement with Turkey that would give it full control of exports from Kirkuk and the surrounding Kurdish region.<br \/> \tUS-backed Kurdish groups have controlled the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline for the past two years after successfully pushing IS militants out of the region.<br \/> \tHowever, exports have been on hold since Iraqi forces seized Kirkuk\u2019s oilfields from the Kurdistan Regional Government last month.<br \/> \tThe Kurds were pushed out of Kirkuk in mid-October, three weeks after the Kurdistan Region held a controversial independence referendum.<br \/> \tThe proposed pipeline is complicated by a $4 billion debt that the Kurds owe to Turkey. However, Iraq\u2019s central government insists that it is not responsible for settling the outstanding Kurdish debt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>madaresharghi Iraq plans to construct a new pipeline to transport oil from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, the Iraqi Oil Ministry confirmed on Sunday. Oil exports from Kirkuk have been on hold since Iraq recaptured the Kurdish-controlled oilfields last month. 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