Two million barrels since the beginning of August… Iraq opens alternative routes for its oil exports
Two million barrels since the beginning of August… Iraq opens alternative routes for its oil exports
8-19-2026
Information/Baghdad –
Anbar Alliance leader Mohammed al-Dhari al-Dulaimi revealed on Wednesday that Iraq has exported approximately two million barrels of oil since the beginning of August via the Ceyhan pipeline in Turkey and by tanker trucks to Syria and Jordan.
Al-Dulaimi told the Information Agency that “crude oil exports via the Ceyhan pipeline and by tanker trucks through the Trebil border crossing with Jordan and the al-Walid crossing in western Anbar have reached unprecedented levels, exceeding two million barrels since the beginning of August. These quantities are roughly equivalent to what Iraq previously exported through the Strait of Hormuz, and it is hoped that the pace of refined oil exports to Turkey, Jordan, and Syria will increase in the coming days.”
He added that “the central government’s plan is to find an alternative to exporting oil through the Strait of Hormuz, replacing it with the Ceyhan pipeline and tanker trucks to Jordan and Syria, to compensate for the near-complete halt of Iraq’s oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz.”
He affirmed that “increasing the pace of Iraqi oil exports to neighboring countries would secure salaries for employees and retirees, social welfare payments, and allow for the utilization of Iraq’s non-oil revenues in various sectors.”
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