Kurdistan Oil Exports Resume as Foreign Firms Load First Shipment

OilPrice · Charles Kennedy · last updated November 17, 2025 – 7:45 AM

The international companies part of the deal to restart Kurdistan’s oil exports have seen the lifting of the first cargo from the semi-autonomous Iraqi region for export from the Turkish terminal of Ceyhan since pipeline exports to the Mediterranean port resumed at the end of September. London-listed Gulf Keystone Petroleum confirmed on Monday that a first lifting of Kurdistan crude allocated to it and other international oil companies for pipeline exports during September and October 2025 had been completed by the nominated trader…

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