Iraq/Kurdistan: Erbil-Baghdad Oil Relations Swing Between Deal, No Deal

Jul 27, 2015 | Mohammed A. Salih, Al Monitor
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Encouraged by more international interest in purchasing its oil, coupled with the apparent failure of the federal Iraqi government to provide agreed-upon budget handouts, the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has embarked on a new policy of unilateral independent oil sales. Since the beginning of June, the KRG has unilaterally sold the bulk of oil produced from its zone as well as Kirkuk’s fields, much to the Iraqi government’s ire.