{"id":151234,"date":"2026-03-04T18:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151234"},"modified":"2026-03-03T22:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:18:07","slug":"irak-znyzyv-vyrobnycztvo-nafty-i-prypynyv-eksport-iz-kurdystanu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/news\/irak-znyzyv-vyrobnycztvo-nafty-i-prypynyv-eksport-iz-kurdystanu\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq Cuts Oil Production and Halts Exports from Kurdistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"291\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Iraq<\/span><\/span> has halted oil exports from the Kurdistan region to the Turkish port of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Port of Ceyhan<\/span><\/span>, according to <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Bloomberg<\/span><\/span>, citing sources.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"488\">The transportation of around 200,000 barrels of oil per day was suspended after producers reduced output as a precaution amid escalating tensions in the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Middle East<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"607\">Currently, only about 50,000 barrels per day are being produced in the region for domestic consumption, sources said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"1107\">According to Iraq Business News, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Gulf Keystone Petroleum<\/span><\/span> (GKP) announced a temporary shutdown of production at the Shaikan field in Kurdistan, citing a deterioration in the regional security situation. Canada\u2019s <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">ShaMaran Petroleum Corp.<\/span><\/span> said it had received notice from <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">HKN Energy Ltd.<\/span><\/span>, the operator of the Atrush and Sarsang blocks in the Kurdistan region, about the temporary suspension of production at both fields for the same reason.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1109\" data-end=\"1541\">As reported by <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Daily News<\/span><\/span>, Iraq\u2019s Oil Ministry has asked several producers in the country to cut output. The ministry explained that the closure of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Strait of Hormuz<\/span><\/span> disrupted international shipping and prevented tankers from entering ports. A shortage of vessels at Iraq\u2019s southern ports and reduced exports at certain terminals have led to critically high storage levels.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1543\" data-end=\"1598\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Iraq produced 4.157 million barrels per day in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151235,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-151234","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=151234"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=151234"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=151234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}