Kurdistan confirms loss of $ 15 million a day due to an oil line stops


2016-02-23 19:49:44 | (Voice of Iraq) - Erbil

The official spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government Sven Dzy, Tuesday, that the region loses $ 15 million a day because of the Kurdistan oil pipeline inside Turkish territory stopped after recently blown up, pointing out that the ongoing efforts to reform the tube.

Dzy said at a news conference today in Arbil, said that "the Kurdistan Regional day lose $ 15 million as a result of damage to the transfer of the Kurdistan region's oil to the Turkish port of Ceyhan line," noting that "the line subjected to sabotage a week ago."

He Dzy, that "the flow of oil stopped the source to the port of Ceyhan would negatively affect the imports of the region," adding that "the ongoing efforts to reform the oil pipe."

According to informed sources, the transfer of the Kurdistan region's oil to the port of Ceyhan stopped working due to an act of sabotage inside Turkish territory for about eight days, and it was the province exported more than 600 thousand barrels per day through the aforementioned line.

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