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| Iraq signs initial agreement with Turkey to extend crude oil transfer |
| 2010-06-18 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The oil ministry signed on Thursday an initial agreement with Turkey to extend the crude oil transfer through the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline for another 12 years. “The agreement was signed by deputy oil minister, Abdulkarim Laiebi, from the Iraqi side and deputy energy minister, Youssef Yezar, from the Turkey,' Essam Jihad, the ministry's official spokesman said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He expected to sign the final agreement between Iraqi oil minister and Turkish energy minister in the coming days in Baghdad. Iraq exports part of its crude oil (400-700 thousands barrels) through the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline from Kirkuk oilfields to Ceyhan port in Turkey. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Oil and gas are the life blood of Iraq. They don't give a shite about the Kurds anyway. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-06-18 14:22 |
| #1 Quid pro quo? Let us hunt the Kurdish "rebels", we let you go through with your oil. |
| Posted by: Willy 2010-06-18 11:33 |