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Iraqi exports trending up as Ceyhan loadings resume

Southern exports increased in September, and Iraq's nationwide oil sales are expected to climb further as the pipeline to Turkey reopens.
A tanker loads crude at the Turkish port of Ceyhan in May 2015. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)

Export pipeline to Turkey restarts

Iraq’s oil export pipeline to Ceyhan restarted early on Aug. 5 after more than a week offline due to technical problems and sabotage.

Head of North Oil Company removed

Director General Sameer al-Taie's dismissal comes amidst a corruption investigation, and following the assassination of a candidate to replace him.

KRG to tender three new refineries

The new projects could bring 150,000 bpd of new refining capacity and help push the KRG from subsidies to market-based fuel pricing.

New chief for state drilling firm

Basim Mohammed Khudair, a senior South Oil Company (SOC) official, has been named acting director general of the Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC).