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Kurdistan exports fall on pipeline problems

KRG independent oil exports fell by more than 20 percent in August, to 391,000 barrels per day (bpd), due to pipeline outages in Turkey.
In Dohuk province, a pipe-laying machine stands beside sections of 36-inch diameter steel pipe, which await welding. (PATRICK OSGOOD/Iraq Oil Report/Metrography)

Kurdistan's independent oil exports fell by more than 20 percent in August, to 391,000 barrels per day (bpd), due to pipeline outages in Turkey.

After achieving record sales in July, of 492,000 bpd, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) suffered from nine days of pipeline downtime in August, caused mainly by sabotage and smuggling. The outages prevented nearly $250 million worth of oil from being sold, according to an Iraq Oil Report analysis.

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