Fields in Kurdistan are raising production and selling into the local market, as output increases despite the ongoing northern pipeline closure.
Technical talks signal potential progress on Iraq-Turkey Pipeline
Recent meetings show renewed efforts to set terms for reopening the export pipeline, but top-level political approval is hardly assured.

Iraqi Oil Minister Hayyan Abdulghani (left) and Turkish Energy Minister Arparslan Bayraktar (right) meet in Ankara on Aug. 22, 2023. (Photo credit: Oil Ministry)