Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55329778
Caption:

A worker walks on top of an oil tank at Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, some 43.5 miles (70 kilometers) from Adana, on February 19, 2014. (REUTERS/Umit Bektas)

Iraq seeks arbitration against Turkey on Kurdish oil sale

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 24, 2014 | Business

Baghdad and Erbil, Reuters—Iraq filed for arbitration against Turkey on Friday after European markets bought the first load of oil to be carried by pipeline from Iraqi Kurdistan. The request was filed with the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and...

Media ID: 55331720
Caption:

Tanker trucks wait to be loaded at Taq Taq oilfield in Erbil on September 5, 2012. (Reuters/Azad Lashkari)

Iraqi Kurdish oil exports from Turkey could begin in May—minister

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 29, 2014 | Business

Oslo, Reuters—Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said on Tuesday exports of Iraqi Kurdish oil stored at the port of Ceyhan could begin in May on the Mediterranean coast pending resolution of a dispute between Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan. The Kurds have sent some 1.5...

Media ID: 55314483
Caption:

A policeman inspects a damaged vehicle at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, August 22, 2013. Four people were wounded in the attack, police said. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

New Kirkuk–Ceyhan oil pipeline nearly complete

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 22, 2013 | Business

Oslo and Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Norwegian oil company DNO International announced on Wednesday that a new pipeline, which will carry crude oil from the autonomous Kurdistan Region in Iraq to Turkey, was almost complete. The pipeline project has angered the central...