The Iraqi and Turkish Oil Ministers stress the importance of resuming oil flows after completing the pipeline rehabilitation operations / Expanded

The Iraqi and Turkish Oil Ministers stressed today, Tuesday, the importance of resuming oil flows after the completion of pipeline rehabilitation operations.

A statement from the Ministry of Oil said, “Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani met in Ankara with Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alp Arslan Bayraktar.”

He added, “The two Ministers discussed a number of bilateral and regional issues of common concern and stressed the importance of the crude oil pipeline between Iraq and Turkey, and the resumption of crude oil flows, after the completion of the necessary rehabilitation and examination processes that are required to be implemented after the earthquake incident last February.”

The two Ministers emphasized “enhancing prospects for joint cooperation in the fields of energy, oil and gas, electrical interconnection and renewable energy.”

The statement indicated, “The joint Iraqi-Turkish economic committee, which is chaired by the two Ministers, decided to hold the committee’s nineteenth meeting in Baghdad, the date of which will be determined later.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency