Iraq/Kurdistan: Talisman Energy, Oryx Petroleum Suspend Operations in Iraq’s Kurdish Region Amid U.S. Air Strikes

Aug 8, 2014 | Yadullah Hussain, Financial Post
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As U.S. planes bombed militant forces in northern Iraq, oil companies took emergency measures Friday to keep their staff out of harm’s way.

Talisman Energy Inc. said it was suspending its operations in Kurdistan in the coming days and withdrawing non-essential personnel, even though the company had not directly been affected by unfolding events.