Iran/Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq to Halt Kirkuk Oil Exports to Iran, May Resume Them to Turkey

Oct 26, 2018 | Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
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Iraq will stop trucking crude from its northern Kirkuk oilfield to Iran in November to comply with sanctions imposed on its neighbour by the United States, five sources familiar with Iraqi oil export operations said on Friday. Kirkuk is one of the biggest and oldest oilfields in the Middle East. Last year Iraq began to ship crude from Kirkuk to Iran for use in its refineries, and Iran agreed to deliver the same amount of oil to Iraq’s southern ports.