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Kurdish Authorities Reject Baghdad Request to Restart Oil Exports via Ceyhan
Iraq’s request that the Kurdistan Region restart exports of around 300,000 barrels of oil a day through the pipeline linking the northern part of the country to Turkey’s Ceyhan port has been rejected.
Baghdad had called for an immediate restart of exports through the Kurdistan pipeline network, but Kurdish authorities attached several conditions that Iraq considers “unrelated,” the ministry of oil said in a statement.
The Kurdish government accused Baghdad of imposing an economic blockade by restricting regional access to U.S. dollars through a new customs system. It also added that repeated strikes from pro-Iranian groups on energy infrastructure have halted production and Baghdad has done little to stop the strikes.
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