Turkey, Iraq cannot export Kirkuk oil without deal with Kurdistan first: Officials
(WorldNews Turkey)

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Kurdish officials argued on Tuesday that Baghdad and Ankara could not export the crude oil of Kirkuk without first reaching an agreement with the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region due to geographical and logistical reasons. Previous exports of 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from the province of Kirkuk, through the Kurdistan Region, to Turkey were halted after last October’s military attack and takeover by Iraqi forces and Iranian-backed Shia Hashd al-Shaabi militias of the oil-rich province in the weeks following the Kurdistan Region’s referendum on...