Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad: No Agreement on Independent Kurdish Oil Export

Dec 7, 2014 | Rudaw
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Iraq’s oil ministry dismissed on Sunday reports that Baghdad had agreed to independent oil exports by the Kurdish government, saying its position had not changed.

“The ministry of oil confirms that there is no oral or written agreement (between Erbil and Baghdad) except the official statement of the council of ministers, which confirms that “Iraq’s oil is for all the Iraqi people,”” said the oil ministry in a statement.
Kurdish officials said last week that Erbil maintained the right to export its own oil in addition to giving the central government 550,000 bpd as part of an agreement signed between both governments.