Iraq's SOMO targets oil flows of as much as 500,000 bpd on Kirkuk-Ceyhan line in 2026

LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Iraq's state oil marketer SOMO is targeting an increase in flows through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline up to about 400,000-500,000 barrels per day (bpd) next year, said Rikan Kareem, head of the company's European Market Section.

Flows through the pipeline resumed on September 27. The pipeline is currently pumping about 190,000 bpd, Kareem said at the Argus Global Markets conference in London on Tuesday.