Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdish Oil Nears US Port Despite Concern in Washington

Jul 24, 2014 | David Sheppard, Ahmed Rasheed and Timothy Gardner, Reuters
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LONDON/BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - A tanker carrying crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan is just two days away from arriving at a U.S. port, according to ship tracking satellites, despite Washington's long-standing concern over independent oil sales from the autonomous region.

The United Kalavrvta tanker, which left the Turkish port of Ceyhan in June carrying oil delivered via a new Kurdish pipeline, is due to dock in Galveston, Texas on Saturday, Reuters AIS Live ship tracking shows.