Iraq has secured a one-year reprieve for its northern oil export route from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, buying valuable time to negotiate a successor to the decades-old Iraq-Turkey Pipeline (ITP) arrangement before it expires later this month.
Interim Pipeline Deal Buys Iraq Time But Not Resolution
A one-year protocol preserves Iraq's critical northern oil export route via Turkey, but deeper disputes between the two countries remain unresolved.








