Iraq’s oil minister, Basim al-Abadi, has held talks with his Turkish counterpart, Alparslan Bayraktar, on increasing Iraq’s export capacity via the Turkish city of Ceyhan near the Eastern Mediterranean coast, according to the Iraqi News Agency.
During the “highly productive” meeting, the men discussed “increasing export capacities via Ceyhan” as well as “the participation of Turkish companies in Iraqi oil and gas projects”, the agency reported.
The meeting was held after Ankara and Baghdad signed a one-year agreement in August to keep crude oil flowing through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline, which stretches from northern Iraq to Turkiye.
Iran’s essential closure of the Strait of Hormuz has caused Baghdad to scramble to find alternative export routes. The flow of oil between the two countries is expected to extend Baghdad’s only functioning oil export route to the Mediterranean.
-Al Jazeera
During the “highly productive” meeting, the men discussed “increasing export capacities via Ceyhan” as well as “the participation of Turkish companies in Iraqi oil and gas projects”, the agency reported.
The meeting was held after Ankara and Baghdad signed a one-year agreement in August to keep crude oil flowing through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline, which stretches from northern Iraq to Turkiye.
Iran’s essential closure of the Strait of Hormuz has caused Baghdad to scramble to find alternative export routes. The flow of oil between the two countries is expected to extend Baghdad’s only functioning oil export route to the Mediterranean.
-Al Jazeera
