LONDON—The semiautonomous region of Kurdistan is planning to increase its oil exports, flouting the objections of the central government in Baghdad just as it struggles to quell a violent insurgency.

Two more tankers of Kurdish oil are scheduled to load from the Turkish port of Ceyhan this week, the Kurdistan Regional Government's Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami said Tuesday, bringing the number of Kurdish oil cargoes shipped from the port since May to four.

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