"Catch 16" and the Resumption of Oil Exports from Kurdistan
By Ahmed Tabaqchali, Chief Strategist of Asia Frontier Capital (AFC) Iraq Fund , for the London School of Economics (LSE) Middle East Centre. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News .
Catch 16: The Issue Bedevilling the Resumption of Crude Exports through the Iraq-Türkiye Pipeline
The standoff over the resumption of crude exports through the Iraq-Türkiye pipeline (ITP) continues with no end in sight, with each side claiming that exports could resume, if it were not for the other side.
The last meeting, between Iraq's Federal Ministry of Oil (MoO) and the International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), eight of which are represented by the Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan (APIKUR), ended with no resolution, much as all prior meetings did.
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