Iraq-Turkey Pipeline Resumes Oil Flows After Explosion

The 450,000-barrels-per-day Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline that carries crude from northern Iraq to Turkey’s Ceyhan port for export resumed oil flows on Wednesday after an explosion and a fire interrupted operations on Tuesday, Turkey’s state-controlled operator Botas said. The explosion and the fire that broke out as a result of the explosion were extinguished, Botas said on Wednesday, adding that “All necessary precautions have been taken by BOTA? teams and the oil flow has been resumed.” The pipeline is a crucial export route…