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Iraq oil exports via pipeline through Turkey reach 32.2mn bbls

Published December 30, 2014 Updated December 30, 2014 08:41am

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By Shoaib Ur Rehman

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ANKARA: Iraq exported a total of 32.2 million barrels of oil to world markets via a Kurdish-built pipeline going through Turkey since May, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Tuesday.

In a press conference reviewing the year, Yildiz said Turkey's natural gas consumption reached 48 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2014 and was expected to rise to 51 bcm next year.

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