Iraq/Kurdistan: Dispute over Iraqi Kurdistan's Energy Resources Ramps up

May 27, 2022 | Haider Ibrahim, Al-Monitor
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Amid the tense relations between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the implementation of the Federal Supreme Court’s ruling that deemed the 2007 oil and gas law governing the country's Kurdistan Region to be unconstitutional, the Iraqi Ministry of Oil announced May 21 that the federal government aims to establish a new oil company in the Kurdistan Region. The company is tasked with signing new service contracts with oil firms operating in the Kurdistan Region, it said.