Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan Oil a Slippery Issue

Jan 6, 2017 | Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor
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Iraqi Kurdistan has been shipping oil to Turkey without Baghdad's knowledge, resulting in Iraq violating an OPEC agreement, according to accusations leveled Jan. 3 by Iraq's prime minister. Also, Iraq recently confirmed that a Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) minister had offered to sell oil fields to Turkey for $5 billion, again without consulting Baghdad.