Iraq’s federal government has begun exporting oil through the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) pipeline to Turkey, under a temporary political agreement that could eventually add over 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) to the country’s overall exports. The Oil Ministry announced Friday that it reached a “preliminary agreement to resume crude exports from Kirkuk fields through Kurdistan’s pipeline to the Ceyhan port.” In the statement, ministry spokesperson Assem Jihad said the agreement sets an initial pipeline flows target of between 50,000 and 100,000 bpd, “and this amount will be exported and marketed through SOMO.”