Iraq resumes Kirkuk oil exports

Iraq’s

Oil Ministry says it has resumed exports from its oilfields around Kirkuk, one year after the city was seized by federal forces from the autonomous Kurdish administration in the north of the country.

Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad says an agreement was reached with the Kurdish regional government to export 50,000 to 100,000 barrels of oil per day via a pipeline that runs through Kurdish territory to Turkey. The federal government will collect the revenue from the renewed sales. (AP)