gulf keystone petroleum ltd said that it has been notified that the iraqturkey export pipeline has been temporarily closed since saturday at turkeys request while a legal procedure is resolved the oil producer in the kurdistan region of iraq said that although it isnt clear when export operations will resume both kurdish and iraqi authorities statements show that the suspension of exports should be temporary the company said its facilities have storage capacity that allow continued production at a curtailed rate over the coming days after which it will suspend production turkeys request to shut the export pipeline comes after reports that an arbitration case between iraq and turkey about the pipeline dating back to 2014 has been awarded in iraqs favor