UPDATE 2-Iraq's Tawke output 40,000 bpd, soon 50,000 bpd

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By Missy Ryan

BAGHDAD, July 14 (Reuters) - The Tawke oilfield in Iraqi Kurdistan, developed by Norway's DNO International (DNO.OL), is producing some 40,000 barrels per day and output should reach at least 50,000 within weeks, a top official said on Tuesday.

Kurdistan Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami said production at the northern region's Taq Taq field, jointly developed by Addax Petroleum (AXC.TO) and Turkey's Genel Enerji, was fluctuating from 30,000-40,000 barrels per day (bpd).

Sometimes it dropped up to 10,000 bpd due to pipeline problems he blamed on the state-run North Oil Company.

"They are causing obstacles and problems for oil flowing through the pipeline," he said.

Iraq's central government gave the go-ahead on June 1 for Kurdish oil to be exported through a national pipeline, a step hailed as a potential breakthrough in a long-running feud between the Kurdish government and the Oil Ministry in Baghdad.