Oil shipments from Kirkuk to Ceyhan resumed after an interruption of about 35 months, with 2.77 million barrels reported transported in March. The restart helped narrow a long-running Baghdad–Erbil dispute over production and exports. However, Iraq was simultaneously facing severe revenue pressure from wider regional conflict and disruptions to national oil income.
Kirkuk oil helps ease Baghdad–Erbil dispute amid falling national revenues
Oil shipments from Kirkuk to Ceyhan resumed after an interruption of about 35 months, with 2.77 million barrels reported transported in March. The restart helped narrow a long-running Baghdad–Erbil dispute over production and exports. However, Iraq was simultaneously facing severe revenue pressure from wider regional conflict and disruptions to national oil income.
