The Middle East oil transportation agency stated that crude oil transportation in the Iraq-Turkey crude oil pipeline remained stagnant. This was the fifth consecutive day that transportation stopped and was the second time in nearly two weeks. Iraqi officials declined to comment.
Comprehensive media reported on August 24th that two Middle Eastern oil transportation agencies stated that the crude oil transportation from the Kirkuk oilfield in Iraq to the oil pipeline in the Ceyhan port of the Mediterranean coast of Turkey is still stagnant. This is the fifth consecutive day of crude oil transportation. stop.
A Middle East oil shipping agency stated that the crude oil transportation of the oil pipeline has not yet been restarted.
The 970-kilometer-long crude oil pipeline has stopped transporting crude oil from the evening of the 19th and is expected to be caused by deliberate destruction of the crude oil pipeline located in the southern part of the Mosul city in the chaotic region of Iraq.
The stop of crude oil pipeline transportation has been the second time in the past two weeks.
Iraqi oil officials have not commented on the news.
Iraq generally provides 480,000 barrels of crude oil per day to users in Europe and Turkey through the northern crude oil pipeline, which accounts for about a quarter of its total crude oil exports. However, due to the impact of the pipeline, crude oil exports from the pipeline were only 374,000 barrels per day in July.