Baghdad, Erbil to sign final deal to restart northern oil exports Tuesday

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ERBIL, April 4 (Reuters) - Iraq's federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have reached a final deal to restart northern oil exports to be announced Tuesday, official sources told Reuters.


A formal request has been sent to Turkey to restart oil exports through the Ceyhan pipeline and "in the next few hours pumping will resume", a Baghdad government official said.
(Reporting by Amina Ismail, Ahmed Rasheed, and Maha El Dahan; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)

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