The Iraqi Oil Ministry announced the completion of all procedures required to resume oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan.

Iraq’s oil ministry has announced the resumption of oil exports from northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is piling pressure on Iraq to allow Kurdish oil exports to restart or face sanctions alongside Iran, eight sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Iraqi authorities have rejected reports that they have allowed a resumption of oil exports from the Kurdistan region because of threats by the US government.

Iraq has resumed oil exports from its northern semi-autonomous Kurdish region, ending a nearly two-year halt. This follows the International Chamber of Commerce's arbitration ruling in favor of Iraq regarding the Kurdish region’s independent oil export.

Iraq's oil ministry announced that procedures are complete for resuming oil exports through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline. This follows a resolution of a dispute between Baghdad and Erbil, with technical talks held to finalize export details,

Iraq’s oil ministry repeated that it’s ready to restart exports from the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan via a pipeline to Turkey that’s been shut for almost two years.