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Shafaq News- Baghdad/ Ankara
Iraq and Turkiye have agreed to include a joint oil
refinery in Ceyhan in a broader energy agreement expected to be signed next
year, IranOilGas Network reported, citing Iraq’s State Organization for
Marketing of Oil (SOMO).
The planned facility would process Iraqi crude at the
Turkish Mediterranean port for export to European markets as refined products,
providing Baghdad with additional revenues beyond crude sales.
The project is part of negotiations on a comprehensive
framework covering oil, electricity, water resources, and other areas of
bilateral cooperation. On Aug. 1, Baghdad and Ankara signed a one-year
agreement setting a minimum Iraqi crude export volume of 750,000 barrels per
day through the Iraq-Turkiye pipeline to Ceyhan while negotiations on the
broader framework continue.
Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi said at the time that
Iraqi and Turkish companies would begin implementing the arrangement, aimed at
restoring oil flows and expanding economic cooperation.
The previous pipeline agreement expired on July 27.
The route, Iraq’s only active crude export outlet outside its southern
terminals, returned to service in September 2025 after a two-and-a-half-year
shutdown linked to an international arbitration dispute over Kurdistan Region
crude exports.
Read more: Iraq–Turkiye pipeline restart reshapes energy balance