Iraq has asked Turkey to extend the ?existing Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline agreement ?for at least a year to allow more time to negotiate a new ?accord, Ali Nizar, the ?head of Iraq's state oil marketer ?SOMO, said on the company's ?official website.
Iraq has exported 12 million ?barrels of crude oil from its southern ports since the start of June until ?now, Nizar added.
SOMO chief Ali ?Nizar said the Iraqi government had submitted ?the ?request to Ankara to allow additional time for talks on a replacement agreement covering the key export ?route.
The ?decades-old Turkey-Iraq ?Crude Oil Pipeline Agreement, which governs exports through the ?Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, is due ?to ?expire on July 27. Baghdad and Ankara are still discussing a new ?draft ?agreement.
(Reuters, June 14, 2026)
