Iraqi Kurdistan plans 2nd oil export pipeline to Turkey


  • World
  • Friday, 01 Nov 2013

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iraq's northern Kurdistan region plans to build a second new oil export pipeline to Turkey within the next two years as it ramps up output independently of Baghdad, the region's natural resources minister said on Thursday.

Speaking at an energy conference in Istanbul, Ashti Hawrami, a member of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), outlined an ambitious oil export growth strategy for the autonomous region, whose growing independence has angered Baghdad.

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