Iraqi Kurdistan exports first crude cargo via Turkey

摘要

Several weeks before the ISIS terrorist army began its chaotic and deadly incursion into Iraq from war-torn Syria, Iraqi Kurdistan exported its first cargo of crude oil through Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. This was despite a long-standing dispute with Baghdad over the sharing of oil revenues. Reuters reported that the first 1 million-barrel cargo of piped oil was loaded in Ceyhan, where around 2.5 million barrels of Iraqi Kurdish crude has been stored. The sale was carried out by the Kurdistan Regional Government. Baghdad's central government claims the sole authority to manage and sell Iraqi oil. Months of talks between the semi-autonomous enclave and the central government have made little progress.