Exports from Basra’s Zubair oilfield resume after fatal fire: Iraqi Minister

The minister said that firefighting teams isolated the damaged warehouse from the rest of the area so that export operations could continue without interruption.

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Four million barrels of Kurdistan Region oil stored, marketed at Ceyhan port: Minister

The Kurdistan Region’s Minister of Natural Resources, Kamal Mohammed Salih, commented on the resumption of the Region's oil exports during a meeting with French Consul General in Erbil, Yann Braem.

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Turkish, Iraqi FMs talk water, oil in Ankara

"A working committee has been established between Iraq and Turkey to address the rehabilitation of Iraq's water distribution system, as well as other water-related infrastructure," Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said.

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Nechirvan Barzani, Erdogan discuss Kurdish oil exports

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani arrived in Ankara on Thursday and was received by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan before meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Iraqi PM praises HKN Energy's role in resuming Kurdistan oil exports

Sudani also sponsored the signing of a Heads of Agreement (HOA) on Wednesday between the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and the US-based oil company ExxonMobil.

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SOMO official: Kurdistan Region could be key route for Iraqi oil to Europe

Iraq can "make Kurdistan a strategic and important center for oil sales and a route to reach European countries," according to Deputy Director of Iraq's State Organization for Marketing of Oil, Hamdi Shingali.

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Kurdistan’s oil flows again: Relief for now, uncertainty ahead

Despite the achievement of a mutually beneficial tripartite deal reached by Erbil, Baghdad, and international oil companies to resume the Kurdistan Region's oil exports, its tenuous nature leaves in doubt the agreement's long-term durability, with many factors at play that could hinder a sustainable compromise.

Mohammed A. Salih

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Sudani congratulates Kurdish leaders for oil export resumption

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani spoke with President Masoud Barzani, Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani, and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) leader Bafel Talabani via telephone to thank them for their efforts in reaching an agreement to resume the Kurdistan Region's oil exports.

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Kurdish oil exports resume 30 months after suspension

A milestone tripartite agreement was reached on Thursday whereby the Kurdistan Region will deliver “all crude oil” produced from its fields to Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) to be exported through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, apart from quantities allocated for domestic use.

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