Iraq/Kurdistan: Tensions Rise as Iraq Halts Kirkuk Oil Exports

Nov 1, 2017 | Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com
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Since the Iraqi army took control of the fields in the oil-rich Kirkuk area in mid-October, reports of disruptions in oil flows have been a daily occurrence, but now, according to an official at the Kirkuk provincial council, Iraq’s oil ministry has ordered a stop to all oil exports from Kirkuk’s oil fields to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan.