Oil shipments through the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline (BTC) declined by nearly 10% in the first quarter of 2026.

Iraq’s North Oil Company said Wednesday it resumed oil exports through Türkiye’s Ceyhan port, restarting crude flows from the Kirkuk fields after nearly three years of suspension.

Iraq intends to reactivate an inactive pipeline that will allow oil to be directly transported to Türkiye's Ceyhan port, bypassing the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), according to Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani.

Kazakhstan plans to ship 1.7 million tons of oil through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline in 2025, with increasing interest from both Kazakh and international energy companies, according to Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov.

Kazakhstan’s national oil company, KazMunayGaz (KMG), restarted oil deliveries through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline on September 13.

Editor's note: Alzhan Ismagulov is a Kazakh blogger. The article expresses the personal opinion of the author and may not coincide with the view of News.Az.

Iraq on Friday announced that oil exports through Türkiye's Ceyhan Port would resume in the coming hours by the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) with an initial amount of 185,000 barrels per day.

Türkiye’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has dismissed claims of oil shipments from the Ceyhan terminal to Israel, labeling them "baseless."

Kazakhstan is set to expand its maritime fleet with the construction of seven new vessels on the Caspian Sea.