Oil exports from the Kurdistan Region to Turkiye resumed on Friday after a temporary suspension, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources In a statement, the ministry explained that exports through the Ceyhan terminal stopped earlier in the day due to technical issues, confirming that the problems were fully resolved.
A source at the Iraqi-run North Oil Company told Shafaq News that exports had been temporarily halted after storage tanks at Ceyhan reached full capacity.
Oil analyst Ali Hassan described the halt as a routine pause but warned it could briefly weigh
Oil exports from the Kurdistan Region to Turkiye resumed on Friday after a temporary suspension, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources.
In a statement, the ministry explained that exports through the Ceyhan terminal stopped earlier in the day due to technical issues, confirming that the problems were fully resolved.
A source at the Iraqi-run North Oil Company told Shafaq News that exports had been temporarily halted after storage tanks at Ceyhan reached full capacity.
Oil analyst Ali Hassan described the halt as a routine pause but warned it could briefly weigh on revenues before exports return to normal.
Ceyhan—the Kurdistan Region’s primary export route to global markets—reopened to Kurdish crude on September 27 after more than two years of suspension, under a tripartite agreement between Iraq’s Oil Ministry, the Kurdish Ministry of Natural Resources, and international operators. The deal placed the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) in charge of managing shipments, which currently average 190,000 barrels per day.
(Shafaq News, October 3, 2025)
