Reuters quoted a navigation source in a statement briefed by “Shafaq News” as saying that “supplies are stopped due to a leakage”.

The Iraqi oil exports have declined to 2.484 million barrels per day in May from 2.62 million barrels per day in April due to a slowdown in shipments of Kirkuk after the repeated attacks on the pipeline and maintenance work in the south.

Oil flow from Iraq to Turkey has stopped through Kirkuk - Ceyhan pipeline in May and April because of the repeated attacks by armed groups.

Kirkuk pipeline transfers oil to the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean.

Iraq seeks to double its oil production over the next three years and aims in the long term to pump 12 million barrels per day.