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OIL: Talks to Resume Kurdish Oil Flows via Turkey Have Stalled

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Iraq oil export talks to resume flows via the northern pipeline through Turkey have stalled, said Myles Caggins, spokesman for an association of international producers cited by Bloomberg.

  • International producers operating in the Kurdish region are willing to modify their production contracts with the Kurdish region to restart exports, Caggins said.
  • The producers are willing to sell crude via Iraqi state marketer SOMO but Iraq’s government hasn’t made concrete contract proposals yet amid aims to centralize all oil sales.
  • In any new deals, firms want to “preserve financial terms” of current contracts and want guarantees of payment for past sales.
  • The federal administration’s budget allows it to pay $8 for every barrel of oil produced, but Kurdistan Regional Government contracts pay $26, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani previously said.
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Iraq oil export talks to resume flows via the northern pipeline through Turkey have stalled, said Myles Caggins, spokesman for an association of international producers cited by Bloomberg.

  • International producers operating in the Kurdish region are willing to modify their production contracts with the Kurdish region to restart exports, Caggins said.
  • The producers are willing to sell crude via Iraqi state marketer SOMO but Iraq’s government hasn’t made concrete contract proposals yet amid aims to centralize all oil sales.
  • In any new deals, firms want to “preserve financial terms” of current contracts and want guarantees of payment for past sales.
  • The federal administration’s budget allows it to pay $8 for every barrel of oil produced, but Kurdistan Regional Government contracts pay $26, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani previously said.