IRAQ

Iraq Plans Full Utilization of 500,000 b/d Turkish Pipeline Expansion

Iraq plans to make full use of the additional 500,000 b/d crude oil export capacity provided by the expansion of the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline system. This was confirmed to MEES last week by Mr. Issam al-Chalabi, the Iraqi Oil Minister. Iraq already exports 1mn b/d of Kirkuk crude through the original and parallel line that connects the country's northern oil fields to the Ceyhan terminal on Turkey's...