Iraq/Kurdistan: Russia's Rosneft Holds Key to Fixing Iraqi Kurdistan Oil Flows: Sources

Mar 5, 2018 | Ahmed Aboulenein and Dmitry Zhdannikov, Reuters
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Russian state oil company Rosneft has emerged with an important role in talks between Iraq’s government and Iraqi Kurdistan on resuming full oil exports from the semi-autonomous region, two industry sources said. The central government took charge of half of the oil fields that were under Iraqi Kurdistan’s control last October, soon after the northern region voted for independence in a referendum opposed by Baghdad. Exports, via Turkey, were halved