Iraq, Iran In Negotiations To Ship Oil From Kirkuk Fields

The energy ministries of Iraq and Iran are negotiating the
shipment of crude oil from the fields around Kirkuk to the
Kermanshah refinery in Iran, the head of SOMO, Alaa
al-Mussawi said. Initially, al-Mussawi said, Iraq will ship
15,000 bpd of crude by trucks to the Iranian refinery, eventually
increasing this amount in view of the refinery’s 25,000-bpd
capacity. Until recently, oil from the fields around Kirkuk was
shipped to the Turkish port of Ceyhan via a pipeline owned and
operated by the Kurdistan Regional Government. However,…

The energy ministries of Iraq and Iran are negotiating the
shipment of crude oil from the fields around Kirkuk to the
Kermanshah refinery in Iran, the head of SOMO, Alaa
al-Mussawi said. Initially, al-Mussawi said, Iraq will ship
15,000 bpd of crude by trucks to the Iranian refinery, eventually
increasing this amount in view of the refinery’s 25,000-bpd
capacity. Until recently, oil from the fields around Kirkuk was
shipped to the Turkish port of Ceyhan via a pipeline owned and
operated by the Kurdistan Regional Government. However,…