Iraq Looks to Triple Pipeline Oil Exports as Hormuz Remains Closed

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Iraq plans to triple its crude oil exports through Kurdistan to the Turkish port of Ceyhan in response to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, severely impacting the country's oil-dependent economy. The government aims to circumvent the regional shipping bottleneck and maintain its international oil supply.

Iraq plans to triple within three months its exports of crude oil through Kurdistan to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan as OPEC’s second-largest producer is one of the Middle East’s producers worst affected by the closed Strait of Hormuz. The Iraqi government has approved a plan to hike crude exports to Ceyhan and onto international markets from the Mediterranean as the blocked Strait of Hormuz has cut most of Iraq’s oil shipments. Iraq is seeing the worst of the Middle East crisis as its heavily oil-dependent economy…