Iraq's Oil Minister confirmed on Monday that the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, designated for the resumption of the Kurdistan Region’s oil exports through Turkey's Ceyhan port, is ready to use.

Iraq’s oil ministry has announced the resumption of oil exports from northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region

This marks a significant step towards resolving the nearly two-year dispute that disrupted crude flows between Baghdad and the Kurdistan region.

The Oil Ministry contacted the Turkish side for information about the Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline to resume Iraqi Kurdistan's oil exports.

Iraq’s oil minister said he’s hoping crude oil exports from the country’s northern Kurdistan region will restart in two days after a halt of almost two years following a payments dispute.

Iraq’s Oil Minister said on Monday that Baghdad is committed to the OPEC+ decisions and exported volumes under the control of the Iraqi oil ministry

Iraq is awaiting a response from Turkey “within the next 24 hours” regarding the readiness of the pipeline designated for the Kurdistan Region’s oil exports, an official from Iraq’s oil ministry said on Sunday.

The Iraqi Oil Ministry announced the completion of all procedures required to resume oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan.

Iraq will receive around 185,000 barrels of crude oil a day from the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan after exports resume via a pipeline to Turkey, a deputy Iraqi oil minister told the state-run Iraqi News Agency on Sunday without providing a time frame.