After Basra, Kurdistan Region oil exports via Ceyhan have stopped.

A source in the state-owned North Oil Company, based in Kirkuk province, revealed on Tuesday that the export of Kurdistan Region oil via the Turkish port of Ceyhan has stopped, following the suspension of work in some oil companies in the region.

The source told Shafaq News Agency that “the decision to halt exports came after oil companies suspended their operations in a number of fields in the Kurdistan Region, which directly affected the quantities pumped through the pipeline to the port of Ceyhan.”

He added that “the Ministry of Natural Resources in the region informed the North Oil Company, which manages the export process, to officially notify the Federal Ministry of Oil of the cessation of pumping,” noting that “the pumping process has completely stopped today.”

The source indicated that “export volumes before the halt were around 200,000 barrels per day,” explaining that “the halt is related to the repercussions of the situation in the region and the ongoing developments.”

Earlier today, informed local sources reported that oil production had stopped at Iraq’s largest oil field, the second largest oil field in the world, Rumaila, due to the military escalation in the Middle East.

Shafaq.com