The Iraqi government has resumed pumping oil from fields operated by the North Oil Company through a Kurdish pipeline that runs through Turkey, according to remarks from a spokesperson from the oil ministry on Thursday. Around 70,000 barrels per day are currently being pumped through the pipeline, which has been under the control of Kurdish forces, Asim Jihad told Reuters. The Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government have had difficulty agreeing on the terms of oil exportation contracts in recent months. The disagreements have led Baghdad to hold back 150,000 barrels per day of crude in Kirkuk from being exported to their final destination, blocking revenues for the cash-strapped KRG. Without the 150,000 barrel-per-day bump, the KRG will likely have to settle for a 100,000 barrel per day flow rate, the revenues of which would not be able to cover the hundreds of millions of dollars it takes […]