ANKARA, Türkiye: Iraq and Türkiye signed a one-year agreement on August 1 covering the Iraq–Türkiye oil pipeline, which can transport up to 750,000 barrels daily to Ceyhan.
Türkiye’s state pipeline operator, BOTAŞ, signed the pact with Iraq’s State Organisation for Marketing of Oil and the North Oil Company following talks between the countries’ energy ministers.
The interim framework will maintain operations while Ankara and Baghdad negotiate a long-term agreement, according to Anadolu Agency.
The agreement permits transportation of up to 750,000 barrels per day. However, officials did not say current shipments had reached that level.
The pipeline carries Iraqi crude overland to Türkiye’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan without entering the Strait of Hormuz.
Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar described it as an alternative export route during the Gulf supply crisis.
Bayraktar said the twin pipeline system between Silopi and Ceyhan has a physical capacity of 1.5 million barrels per day.
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Türkiye wants to fully utilise that capacity and eventually transport crude from other Gulf producers through the corridor. The previous bilateral pipeline agreement expired on July 27 after operating for about 50 years.
Türkiye’s Energy and Natural Resources Ministry said in July that both countries wanted a short-term pact to prevent interruptions while negotiating a broader energy partnership.
