Rubio Pushes Iraq To Reopen This Crucial Pipeline

At the end of a conversation last Tuesday that could well have begun with the words ‘Listen, buddy…’ Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani suddenly found himself very much in agreement with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s idea that the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline (ITP) should be reopened quickly. In what was exclusively described by a senior Washington legal source to OilPrice.com as “a very frank conversation”, Rubio also impressed upon al-Sudani the importance the U.S. attaches to Iraq becoming energy independent…