Iraq state oil firm reaffirms deal obliging oil companies in Kurdistan to hand over output

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21/12/2025 10:57

Dec 21 (Reuters) - Iraq's state oil company, SOMO, reiterated on Sunday its commitment to its oil export deal with the Kurdish regional government which obliges global oil companies operating in the region to hand over their production of crude oil to the company.

SOMO made the remarks in response to a Reuters report published in September which quoted Norway's DNO DNO.OL as saying it had no immediate plans to ship oil through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline which restarted after a more than two-year halt following a deal between Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government.

 (Reporting by Jaidaa Taha and Ahmed Tolba)

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