Iraq and Türkiye have signed a one-year interim agreement to maintain operations of the Iraq-Türkiye crude oil pipeline.

The deal secures the continued flow of Iraqi crude through the nation's sole functioning export pipeline while both governments negotiate a comprehensive energy framework.

The temporary extension, signed in Ankara between Türkiye’s state pipeline operator BOTAS and Iraq’s state-owned oil entities—the Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) and North Oil Company (NOC)—extends a decades-old bilateral arrangement that expired earlier this week.

Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said the agreement secures a daily transit capacity of 750,000 barrels.

The capacity allocation ensures uninterrupted crude exports while both sides work toward a broader, long-term bilateral accord.

Running from Iraq’s northern oil fields to Türkiye’s Mediterranean export terminal at Ceyhan, the Iraq-Türkiye Pipeline holds a total nameplate capacity of 1.5 million barrels per day.

According to Turkish data, the infrastructure is currently transporting roughly 170,000 barrels per day.

Ankara stated its intention to maximize the pipeline's total capacity and is evaluating plans to extend the existing transit network to connect directly with southern Iraqi oil fields under a future comprehensive framework.

The short-term extension provides crucial breathing room for negotiators as discussions between the two neighboring nations continued past the original agreement’s expiration date without producing a finalized permanent package.

Iraqi and Turkish officials described the one-year arrangement as an essential bridge toward a broader framework covering long-term energy cooperation.

The signing follows high-level talks held in Ankara late last month between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi.

While those discussions did not yield a permanent replacement deal prior to the original contract's expiry, both leaders reaffirmed their mutual commitment to expanding bilateral energy trade and infrastructure ties.