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Turkish energy company Genel Energy said it was authorized by the Kurdish government in northern Iraq to start crude oil deliveries to Turkey.
Iraqi oil exports fell from a post-1990 record in November to around 2.3 million barrels per day for December, government records indicate.
More than 3 million barrels of oil per day could be flowing from the Kurdish region of Iraq given the proper export infrastructure, a regional leader said.
Turkey is driving to develop energy links with Iraq's oil-rich Kurdish enclave, in large part to secure its help in curbing Turkey's Kurdish secessionists.
Lawmakers in the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq could consider an amnesty offer for Kurdish rebels in its provinces, a former Kurdish premier said.
The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq inaugurated the first deliveries of oil from its Khurmala Dome project through a pipeline to refineries in Erbil.
An active sectarian conflict that could ignite at any time remains a threat in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, the Kurdish prime minister says.
The deputy prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government resigned Tuesday following disputes in a leading party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
Tensions with Arabs in the north of Iraq could escalate to all-out war if U.S. officials there do not act to resolve regional issues, Kurdish officials said.
Agricultural development in the northern Kurdish areas of Iraq will help the greater country achieve sustainability in the sector, officials said.
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