{
  "id": 17778226,
  "title": "Iraq's Oil Exports via Turkey Surge to 500,000 Bpd",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/iraqs-oil-exports-via-turkey-surge-to-500-000-bpd",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-02T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OilPrice",
    "slug": "oilprice",
    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Iraqs-Oil-Exports-via-Turkey-Surge-to-500000-Bpd.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Iraq's crude oil exports via Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan have surged to 500,000 barrels per day (bpd), marking a significant increase since pipeline operations resumed in September 2025. This marks the first time exports have reached this level since the resumption of pipeline operations. Prior to the Iran war, exports from Turkey averaged around 350,000 bpd, according to a source at the North Oil Company. The surge in exports can be attributed to the Iran war, which crippled Iraqi production and exports, forcing the second-largest oil producer in the Gulf to rely more on alternative routes. The Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, which had been halted for two and a half years due to disagreements between the federal Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government over export revenue distribution, was restarted in September 2025. Iraq is currently shipping approximately 200,000 bpd of Basrah crude to Ceyhan through tanker routes, with the oil reaching collection stations at Sarallu and Khurmala before being pumped north to Ceyhan. Iraqi oil production in southern fields fell by 70% at the beginning of the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran, averaging 1.3 million bpd compared to 4.3 million bpd before the war. However, production has rebounded in recent months, with more oil being shipped via Ceyhan, as well as the Strait of Hormuz, where Gulf producers ship oil using shuttle-shipping and ship-to-ship transfers in the Gulf of Oman. Iraq's oil exports approached pre-war levels of over 3.4 million bpd in October, according to Oil Minister Bassem Mohammed Khudair. In the longer term, Iraq plans to revive a pipeline to ship Iraqi crude to the Syrian Mediterranean coast, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, but this project is estimated to take three to four years.",
  "summary": "Iraq has boosted its crude oil exports via the Turkish Mediterranean port Ceyhan to 500,000 barrels per day (bpd), as OPEC’s second-largest producer has started trucking Basrah crude to the pipeline system to the north. Iraq has hiked exports from Turkey to 500,000 bpd for the first time since pipeline operations resumed in September 2025, climbing from about 350,000 bpd, a source at the North…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}