Iraq/Kurdistan: Kirkuk Oil Flows in Jeopardy again as Kurdish Tensions Grow

Mar 3, 2017 | Reuters
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Iraq's Kurdistan is facing growing tensions between its government and the key opposition faction, which briefly disrupted oil flows from the semi-autonomous region this week and has threatened to take more action in coming days. At the center of the dispute is the huge Kirkuk oil field in northern Iraq, which can pump around 150,000 barrels per day and has been exporting the output to world markets via Turkey.