Iraq's Deputy Parliamentary Speaker said talks in Baghdad were on halting attacks on Kurdistan oil, Al Hadath reports

Episodes in which attacks on Kurdish energy infrastructure have threatened flows have tended to follow a sequence of temporary shut-ins, Iraqi federal mediation, and gradual resumption, with the premium in crude pricing fading once talks are confirmed as ongoing rather than collapsed. The channel that matters is the pipeline export route through Turkey: when that corridor has been constrained, the loss has been concentrated in medium sour grades and felt in the Brent complex and Mediterranean refining margins more than in global balances, given the volumes involved. The actors are familiar: Baghdad seeking to assert control over northern exports, Kurdish authorities protecting their revenue stream, and regional actors whose targeting of energy sites has recurred. The tell in past rounds has been whether talk of halting attacks is accompanied by actual de-escalation on the ground and by any federal move toward restarting or securing flows, versus stalling that leaves the risk premium in place. As a reported statement relayed through regional media rather than a formal agreement, this is directional at best; confirmation and any concrete step on exports is what has historically repriced.