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Iraqi forces captured Mosul from Islamic State in July. after a grueling nine-month U.S.-backed offensive with the participation of Kurdish Peshmerga.

Iran is growing its production. as it was allowed to pump an additional 90.000 bpd based on its October production level under the OPEC cut deal.

The government'.s latest move allows Baghdad to export crude without depending on Kurdish region.

The agreement was signed at the 9th international forum ATOMEXPO 2017 in Moscow in June.

OPEC is to meet in November to discuss a possible extension of the deal beyond March.

The Kirkuk Ceyhan pipeline crosses territory taken by Islamic State militants in 2014 and recaptured by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces over the past two years.

Iraq. OPEC’s second-largest producer. had approached PetroChina and Exxon Mobil about investing in the project.

Royal Dutch Shell said last month it had agreed with Iraq’s oil ministry to relinquish operations at the Majnoon field to the government after unfavorable changes to fiscal terms.

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has called on Ankara and Tehran to close checkpoints at the border with Iraqi Kurdistan.

One of the main consequences here is the exploration by Turkish vessel Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa.