Iraq ended its trucked crude to Iran nearly a month ago, multiple Iraqi oil officials told S&P Global Platts, likely leading to Washington turning its cheek to ongoing gas and power trade between the two countries. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now During this time frame, the Iraqi Oil Ministry increased its exports from the Qayara field to a Persian Gulf port and tendered another 30,000 b/d for trucking to Turkey, according to a SOMO tender and ministry officials. Last week, SOMO published a tender for the Qayara field lifting to the Zakho Border Gate with Turkey, starting November 11 and ending June 19, 2019. The tender was closed Sunday, but no winner has been announced. For the past month, about 6,000 b/d of the field’s 15,000 to 22,000 b/d production had been sent to the Qayara refinery, with the rest […]