The Iraqi Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul Ghani, stated that the country is resuming exporting oil through the Turkish Ceyhan pipeline on August 6 or 7.
This came during the opening of several development and rehabilitation projects at oil stations in Kirkuk region.
He elaborated that the initial volume of exports amounted to 80,000 barrels per day (bbl/d), after the agreement with the Kurdistan region.
Abdul Ghani noted that Iraq was able to increase its production by 256,000 bbl/d at the wet oil station, pointing out that its total capacity in northern Kirkuk reached 90,000 bbl/d.
Recently, Turkey announced that it will supply Syria with natural gas starting from August 2.
