SOMO: The oil agreement between Baghdad and Erbil will be renewed

 SOMO: The oil agreement between Baghdad and Erbil will be renewed

12/20/2025

The deputy director of SOMO announced that there are no problems with the oil agreement between Erbil and Baghdad, and it will be renewed.

Hamdi Shenkali, deputy director of the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO), stated today regarding the oil agreement between Erbil and Baghdad and its expiration at the end of this month: “The agreement will be renewed and there is no problem with it.

Kurdistan Region oil will continue to flow as it is. Currently, exports have exceeded 200,000 barrels per day, and God willing, the quantity of exports will increase even more.”

Regarding the duration of the agreement, he said: “The agreement was set for a period of three months and ends on December 31, but in accordance with the budget law and to ensure continuity, it will be renewed later until the problems are fully resolved.”

He noted that Kurdistan Region oil is currently being delivered to the Iraqi Oil Ministry in Fishkhabur, which in turn transports the oil via pipeline to the port of Ceyhan. (LINK)