Iraq Kurds Halt Crude Exports, Central Government Official Says
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Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government stopped oil exports two days ago, according to an official of the central government.
“Kurdish authorities halted completely crude shipments from fields in the Kurdish region in northern Iraq through the Turkish terminal of Ceyhan” on the Mediterranean, Abdel Ilah Qassem, adviser to Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussain al-Shahristani, said by phone from Baghdad today.