Iraq Northern Oil Output Partly Resumes Even as Exports Halted

  • DNO restarts production at Tawke field in Iraq Kurdish region
  • Output at 40,000 b/d sold to government, local traders

The Tawke oil field in Iraq.

Photographer: Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images Europe
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Norway’s DNO ASA has partially resumed production at the Tawke oil field it operates in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq even as the main export pipeline remains shut.