Iraqi oil ministry says Kurdish authorities refused to resume oil exports for now

CAIRO: Iraq's ​oil ministry ​said on Sunday that the ​Kurdish Ministry of Natural Resources had refused to resume oil ‌exports ⁠for the ⁠time being.

The Kurdish ​ministry placed conditions that have no relevance ​to exporting crude, the Iraqi ministry said in ​a statement.

Iraq's oil ⁠ministry also ‌said it ​was ​ready to resume ⁠exports of no more than 300,000 barrels ​through the Ceyhan ​pipeline to Turkey.


Oil production from Iraq's main southern oilfields, where most of its crude is produced ‌and exported, has plunged 70% to just 1.3 million bpd, ⁠sources told Reuters on March 8, as the country is unable to export via the Gulf due to the Iran war.