Iraqi oil ministry says Kurdish authorities refused to resume oil exports for now

CAIRO, March 15 (Reuters) - Iraq's oil ministry said on Sunday that the Kurdish Ministry of Natural Resources had refused to resume oil exports for the time being.

The Kurdish ministry placed conditions that have no relevance to exporting crude, the Iraqi ministry said in a statement.

Iraq's oil ministry also said it was ready to resume exports of no more than 300,000 barrels through the Ceyhan pipeline to Turkey.

Oil production from Iraq's ⁠main southern oilfields, where most of its crude is produced and exported, has plunged 70% to just 1.3 million bpd, sources told Reuters on March 8, as the ​country is unable to export via the Gulf due to the Iran war.