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Turkish Refiner to Buy Kurdish Crude via SOMO

By John Lee. Turkish refiner Tupras is to buy crude oil from Iraq Kurdistan sold by the Baghdad's State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO). The company's Deputy General Manager, Hasan Tan, told reporters the oil will be sent by pipeline to the Turkish Mediterranean port town of Ceyhan. The announcement comes a week after Baghdad and […]

Iraq 'Fails to Resume Kirkuk-Ceyhan flows'

By John Lee. Iraq has again failed to restart exports of crude oil via the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, reports UpstreamOnline. Pumping was suspended since 21st June due to a leak in the Ain al-Jash area, around 290 kilometres northwest of Baghdad. There was a brief restoration of service last week, but flows are again reported to […]