Turkey Tightens Grip on Iraq’s Energy Lifelines

Turkey Tightens Grip on Iraq’s Energy Lifelines

Turkey halted 600 MW of electricity exports into northern Iraq last week after Baghdad fell behind on payments, leaving Nineveh and Mosul short at peak summer demand. This is happening alongside the 2-year+ shutdown of the Iraq-Turkey (Ceyhan) pipeline. That stoppage stems from the Paris arbitration ruling against Ankara, but it now functions as a bargaining chip. Ankara wants Baghdad to settle the $1.5 billion award, agree to new terms on pipel…