SOMO’s source notice dated August 2, 2026 reported Iraq’s Oil Ministry announcement of a one-year agreement with Türkiye to transport and load Iraqi crude through the Iraq-Türkiye pipeline to Ceyhan. This article reviewed the source on October 8, 2026; the notice does not separately give the exact signing day. The oil minister stated a minimum export quantity of 750,000 barrels a day. That figure is the minimum specified for the agreement; the notice does not say that this volume has already been shipped every day.

Ceyhan is the Mediterranean outlet reached by the existing Türkiye-linked pipeline serving Iraqi crude. SOMO's notice describes a transport and loading arrangement on that route. It does not announce construction of a new pipeline or additional physical capacity. The one-year term should not be read as a completed, comprehensive bilateral energy settlement. The ministry said a wider framework would cover areas including oil, electricity and water resources, but the notice did not provide details of separate completed agreements in those fields.

A daily minimum is a material contract term for export planning, but it is different from an observed export series. Actual shipments can be followed through loading records and SOMO's monthly reports. The minimum describes the condition stated for the transport and loading arrangement; it does not establish production capacity, Iraq's total exports or a constant daily flow through Ceyhan. Keeping those measures separate prevents a contractual quantity or target from being presented as a physical result already achieved.

The agreement can be understood as a decision concerning the use of Iraq's existing crude export infrastructure. The official notice does not state a transport tariff, the date shipments began, the buyer companies or a monthly schedule, so no conclusions about those points follow from it. It also gives no date for signing the wider framework. Implementation of the one-year arrangement and any renewal after that period will depend on operational and legal terms that the parties may disclose later.

SOMO's notice provides its publication date and the stated minimum quantity. This report uses the figure only as a contract condition; it is not labelled as production, completed loading or realized exports. A later assessment would need to compare actual cargoes in monthly export reports and identify the relevant reference period. The event reported here is the signing of a one-year arrangement between Iraq and Türkiye for crude transport and loading to Ceyhan. The source does not yet report a physical outcome beyond the agreement itself.