Abdul-Mahdi announces linking Kirkuk-Kurdistan oil pipeline and start pumping 175 000 bpd

under the agreement signed between the federal government and Kurdistan Regional Government.

“ The Total primary energy of pumping operations reaches 175 thousand barrels per day (bpd), after the completion of the technical matters in connecting pipes, Abdul-Mahdi said in a statement to " al-Arabi Qatari news " seen by "Shafaq News”.

Abdul-Mahdi said that his country will double oil production rates of up to more than 4 million bpd, pointing out that this increase will enhance the export site, which predicted to be more than 3 million bpd.

The central government in Iraq has folded, two of the most prominent differences with Kurdistan Region; the oil and budget.

The government reached on the second of last December to a formal agreement with the regional authorities, to end the dispute on oil exports, and convert part of the budget to the county, and the contribution of Baghdad in bearing a part of the cost of the war waged by Peshmarga forces against ISIS terrorist organization .

The agreement, which became final after the approval of the Iraqi Council of Ministers stipulates the export of Kurdistan government to 300 thousand barrels of oil per day to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, to be delivered then to the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO), as Baghdad Under the agreement should pay 500 million dollars allocated for the salaries of employees in the region.

Previously, the Prime Minister , Haider al-Abadi, who took office in August 2014, pledged to work to resolve the problems with the region, which include the dispute over the oil-rich city of Kirkuk.