OSLO, July 30 (Reuters) - Norway's Middle-East focused oil firm DNO said on Thursday that production from its prize Tawke field Iraqi Kurdistan had continued uninterrupted during this week's shut down of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline in Turkey.

It said that production had continued "given the flexibility to redirect volumes from exports to local sales".

Oil flow on an Iraqi pipeline carrying Kirkuk and Kurdish oil to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan has been halted after saboteours attacked it, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Wednesday. .

"The company indicated that it is closely tracking regional security developments and will take measures to secure personnel and facilities as necessary," the firm said in a statement.



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Keywords: DNO IRAQ/KURDISTAN