{"id":38503,"date":"2025-09-23T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/38503\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T12:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:00:10","slug":"oil-edges-up-as-markets-eye-stock-levels-iraq-kurdish-pipeline-restart-canadian-energy-news-top-headlines-commentaries-features-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/38503\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Edges Up as Markets Eye Stock Levels, Iraq Kurdish Pipeline Restart &#8211; Canadian Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features &#038; Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summary\n<\/p>\n<p>Iraq, KRG agree to resume about 230,000 bpd crude exports via Turkey<br \/>\nGlobal oil market faces elevated supply, slowing demand<br \/>\nUS crude stocks expected to rise, gasoline inventories to fall<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday even as investors weighed the global supply outlook after Iraq and Kurdish regional governments reached a preliminary agreement to restart an oil pipeline.\n<\/p>\n<p>Brent crude futures rose 14 cents to $66.71 a barrel by 0919 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained 21 cents at $62.49 a barrel, both recouping modest earlier losses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Get the Latest Canadian Focused Energy News Delivered to You! It&#8217;s FREE:  <a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"ODAwLDE1LDM2MDA=\" href=\"https:\/\/energynow.com\/email-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quick Sign-Up Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brent and WTI had fallen for the previous four sessions, dropping around 3%.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupportive elements are still low OECD oil inventories,\u201d UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo said. \u201cOn the other hand, higher crude exports from OPEC+ are a headwind for prices as well as the lack of new sanctions targeting Russian oil exports.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Investors on Tuesday were watching developments in the Middle East, after Iraq\u2019s federal and Kurdish regional governments reached a deal with oil firms to resume crude exports via Turkey on Monday, two oil officials\u00a0told Reuters. The deal is subject to Iraqi cabinet approval on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n<p>The breakthrough will allow exports of about 230,000 barrels per day (bpd) to resume from Iraqi Kurdistan that have been suspended since March 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the global oil market is bracing for elevated supply and slowing demand hampered by the fast development of electric vehicles and economic woes fuelled by U.S.\u00a0tariffs.\n<\/p>\n<p>In its latest monthly report, the International Energy Agency\u00a0said\u00a0world oil supply would rise more rapidly this year and a surplus could expand in 2026 as OPEC+ members increase output and supply from outside the group grows.\n<\/p>\n<p>Still, risks overhang the market as traders monitor the European Union\u2019s consideration of stricter sanctions on Russian oil exports, as well as any escalation of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.\n<\/p>\n<p>U.S. crude oil stockpiles were expected to have risen last week, while gasoline and distillate inventories likely fell, a preliminary Reuters poll on Monday showed.\n<\/p>\n<p>Reporting by Stephanie Kelly in London, Anjana Anil in Bengaluru and Siyi Liu in Singapore; Editing by Lincoln Feast, Jamie Freed and Kim Coghill\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Share This:  <\/p>\n<p>            More News Articles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary Iraq, KRG agree to resume about 230,000 bpd crude exports via Turkey Global oil market faces elevated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[72,61,60,123],"class_list":["post-38503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-markets","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}