Draw Media

A senior Kurdistan Regional Government official said that they have thought about exporting oil by tanker “as some of Syria's oil is sold by tanker”.

The Senior KRG Official told the VOA, “If Turkey does not allow the export of oil from the Kurdistan Region and Iraq does not solve the problem, we have thought about selling oil by tankers through Turkey and Iran.”

Even he believed that this approach is costly but the KRG will not have any other choice.

"According to the agreement between us and Iraq, the Kurdistan Region will sell its own oil and the revenue will go back to the Kurdistan Regional Government treasury. Iraq will only supervise the oil process," he told VOA.

He also predicted that an understanding would be reached between Iraq and Turkey soon to resume oil exports from the Kurdistan Region.