TUNIS, March 16. /TASS/. Iraq is going to restore functioning of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan old pipeline within a week, Oil Minister of Iraq Hayyan Abdul Ghani said.

"The Iraqi-Turkish pipeline for oil transportation from Kirkuk, with its throughput capacity totaling 200,000-250,000 barrels per day, currently undergoes its final inspection and revamping," the minister said in the video address.

"Hydrostatic tests remain to be held during a week, making it possible to pump oil directly from Kirkuk fields to the pipeline, bypassing Iraqi Kurdistan," the minister added.