Iraq resumes Kirkuk crude exports via Ceyhan after Baghdad-KRG deal, sources say

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani meets with Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region Masrour Barzani, in Erbil, Iraq, February 2, 2026. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

BAGHDAD, March ⁠17 (Reuters) - Crude exports from Iraq's Kirkuk fields to Turkey's Ceyhan port has resumed via pipeline, North Oil Company sources said, after Baghdad and the ⁠Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) agreed on Tuesday to restart flows.

The KRG confirmed the agreement, saying in a statement the two sides would form ‌a joint committee to prepare for resuming oil exports, with revenue to be returned to the federal treasury.