Start pumping oil from the Kirkuk oilfields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan

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Start pumping oil from the Kirkuk oilfields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan

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• Iraq BAGHDAD Ahmed

History:  January 3, 2015

Security obstacles facing the Iraqi oil supplies - statement

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A source at the Iraqi North Oil Company announced the resumption of pumping crude oil from Kirkuk fields towards the Turkish port of Ceyhan, for the first time, through extending from the Kurdistan region of the line, in the light of the agreement signed between the central government and the region.

The source said in a press statement yesterday, said that «the North Oil Company began the process of pumping at a rate of 150 thousand barrels of crude oil through the new pipeline, which runs northwest from molasses spend, passing through the province of Kurdistan, to reach the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

He added that «it is hoped the arrival of the oil that is being pumped to the Turkish port of Ceyhan in two days, the fact that the pipe is empty and the new, and comes in the light of the oil agreement between Baghdad and Erbil, which allows the export of 300 thousand barrels of Kirkuk oil through the line, and was relying on the quantities produced from fields Kirkuk and its oil Jamboree.

He ruled out the source access to the agreed quantities soon «because of the dominance Daash on a number of fields and wells in areas Ajil and Diamond Hamrin Mountains, (95 km south of Kirkuk), and another fall in the contact areas between the Peshmerga forces and the terrorist organization».

Restoration

The Iraqi oil minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, announced the possibility of re-production of the Kirkuk oilfields stalled since March 2014, after the agreement with the Kurdistan region. He announced Abdul-Mahdi, last November agreed with the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Barzani, the federal government to transfer $ 500 million to the region, and that the Government of the Territory put 150 thousand barrels of crude oil per day at the disposal of the federal government.

Produce

Decline in the production of the Kirkuk oilfields, from 670 to 25 thousand barrels per day, after the control of the organization (Daash) to Mosul and other parts of the country, on the tenth of June 2014, as pumping oil from the Kirkuk-stop to Ceyhan since March of that year, because of the attacks «sabotage», he suffered.

 

 

Oil Minister: pumping oil from Kirkuk to Turkey within the agreement signed with the Kurdistan

12:20: 01/03/2015

 

Khandan - The Iraqi Oil Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, that was the end of last week to begin pumping oil from the Kirkuk fields through Turkey, under the agreement signed between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government. , said Abdul-Mahdi in the remarks, "the new Arab" newspaper, The total primary energy for the operation of pumping up to 175 thousand barrels per day, after the completion of the technical and technical matters in the connecting pipes. He said Abdul-Mahdi, said Iraq will increase oil production rates of up to more than 4 million barrels per day, stressing that this increase will enhance the export site that expected to exceed 3 million barrels per day. In this context, a spokesman for the Oil Ministry, Assem Jihad, yesterday, that the average of the country's crude exports in December totaled 2.94 million barrels per day, the highest level since 1980 and was the country's exports from the southern ports registered a record level of 2.76 million barrels per day.Jihad said that the median sales price in December was $ 57 a barrel, while its revenue to 5.24 billion dollars, adding that full-year revenues of $ 84.21 billion.

Start pumping oil from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan

8:11: 01/02/2015

 

Khandan - A spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry, Assem Jihad, start pumping oil from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, at a rate of 150 thousand barrels per day. Jihad said in remarks to the agency "Anatolia", that "the oil pumping operation began yesterday, within the framework of the agreement, between Baghdad and the Kurdistan region, "adding that" the reason for the lack of a formal announcement on the matter, due to the time it takes for the arrival of the oil, as the pipes destined for the port of Ceyhan-free and fresh, and you need a day or two to reach them, "adding that they" will announce Officially, the case of the arrival of oil to Ceyhan. " He pointed out that "the agreement between the KRG and the central government, was designed to pump 300 thousand barrels per day from the region to the port of Ceyhan, from the first of January 2015," explaining that "barriers prevented the achievement of that goal, and stay at the level of 150 thousand barrels, and is due to two reasons; first to the productive capacity of the oil companies, and the other reason for the control of the organization Daash the oil wells in the Hamrin Mountains. "

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