Daily Sabah: Iran and the Kurdish Regional Government to Build Two Pipelines

Iran is close to constructing a crude oil pipeline as well as a a natural gas conduit to Iraq's autonomous Kurdish north, according to Kurdish Regional Government officials in Irbil, the region's capital.

Iran and Kurdish Regional Government officials joint negotiations continued Wednesday on the oil pipeline and gas pipeline projects between two sides, Abullah Akrayi, Kurdish official responsible for Iranian Affairs, told the Anadolu Agency.

The first pipeline will carry crude oil from the Kurdish region to Iran. Iran will refine and dispatch back the oil. The natural gas project is aimed at transferring Iranian gas to cities such as Sulaymaniyah and Irbil.

Akrayi said talks for the two projects began last year but the start of the construction work was delayed due to resignation of the Iranian oil minister, Rostam Qasimi.
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