Turkey: Kurdish begin pumping oil at a rate of [300] thousand barrels per day
Turkey: Kurdish begin pumping oil at a rate of [300] thousand barrels per day
Thursday, 02 January 2014 17:14
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The Ministry of Energy of Turkey, the Kurdistan pumping oil to Turkey begins at a rate of [300] thousand barrels per day.
He said Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told a news briefing today that “the pumping of crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan via a new pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan will start at a rate of [300] thousand barrels per day and increase gradually to the [400] A”.
Yildiz has been reported earlier that began pumping oil through the pipeline, but it will not be exported to world markets without the approval of Baghdad.
The negotiations had taken place, a few days ago, between the delegation of the Kurdistan region, which was chaired by the Prime Minister of the Government of the region Barzani and the federal government headed by Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani on the export of oil to Turkey Arbil.
It is noteworthy that Baghdad was opposed to the project to build oil pipeline to export oil from the region to Turkey, as well as the rejection of the oil contracts concluded by the Erbil with foreign oil companies to drill in Kurdistan, promised that “contrary to the Constitution.” ended.
alliraqnews.com
