The goal of supplying up to 1 million barrels of oil per day (bpd) from Iraq to Türkiye, along with the new transportation agreement, is expected to strengthen not only the more efficient use of the Iraq-Türkiye Crude Oil Pipeline but also Ceyhan's strategic role in delivering Middle Eastern oil to world markets, experts said.
The announcement by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on July 28 that Iraq can supply up to 1 million barrels of oil per day to Türkiye highlights Iraq as one of Ankara's key partners in its strategy to become an energy hub.
A few days after this statement, a concrete step was taken to significantly increase the volume of Iraqi oil transported to Ceyhan.
Accordingly, with the one-year agreement signed between Türkiye and Iraq on Aug. 1, it is foreseen that at least 750,000 barrels of crude oil per day will be transported and loaded to Ceyhan via the pipeline.
Thus, while aiming for a more efficient use of the pipeline, which has a technical capacity of approximately 1.5 million barrels per day, and a significant increase in the volume of Iraqi oil reaching Ceyhan, there are also plans to deliver oil from Kuwait and other Gulf countries to world markets through this route in the future.
