NEWYORK, UNITED STATES / AGILITYPR.NEWS / April 27, 2025 / Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan.

Representatives of member companies from the Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan

(APIKUR) and other International Oil Companies (IOCs) participated in a meeting on April 20 with

officials from the Government of Iraq (GoI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to discuss

the resumption of oil exports via the Iraq-Türkiye Pipeline (ITP). Unfortunately, the meeting did not

result in any agreements.

APIKUR member companies remain ready to immediately resume exports through ITP once binding

agreements are in place that ensure payment certainty for such exports in line with each IOC’s

existing contractual terms, and that resolve all outstanding payment arrears.

APIKUR acknowledges the Governments’ need to ensure consistency with Iraq’s Budget Law. We

also note that the KRG’s contracts with IOCs have been deemed legal and valid by Iraq’s courts;

therefore, any payment arrangements, including the scope of work for an international consultant

must satisfy both Iraq’s Budget Law and the IOCs’ existing contracts.

With this in mind, multiple solutions and recommendations have been proposed—publicly and

privately—by a number of member companies of APIKUR to the GoI and KRG. The

recommendations included a proposed scope of work for the international consultant that met the test

of consistency with both Iraq’s budget law and IOC contracts. However, this has not yet been

accepted.

On APIKUR proposals for payment surety for future exports, the Governments have indicated

willingness to consider options. Notwithstanding, no substantive discussion of arrangements required

to ensure payment has taken place. And no progress has been made on the issue of IOC payment

arrears.

The GoI continues to publicly express the importance of oil exports through the ITP but engagements

thus far have been limited and unproductive. APIKUR calls for redoubling of efforts to find mutually

beneficial solutions.

“APIKUR member companies have repeatedly proposed solutions that satisfy, both, Iraq’s Budget

Law and comply with international oil company contracts which have been validated in Iraq’s courts,”

said Myles B. Caggins III, spokesman for the Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan. “We

regret the lack of progress, nevertheless we will continue to push for a resumption oil exports through

the Iraq-Türkiye Pipeline.”

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For more information, visit www.apikur.uk

For media inquiries:

Myles B. Caggins III, APIKUR Spokesman

myles.caggins@wordswarriors.com

media@apikur.uk

WhatsApp: +1-254-371-5704

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