Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Oil Production 'Justified,' in Compliance with OPEC Decision: KRG

Jan 18, 2021 | Hiwa Shilani, Kurdistan 24
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The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Natural Resources on Monday responded to the recent statements Iraq’s oil minister made about the Kurdistan Region’s oil. According to the KRG statement, Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar referred to oil production costs in the Kurdistan Region compared to Iraq; the status of Kirkuk’s oil fields; the autonomous Kurdish region’s compliance with OPEC; and called for the decentralization of the KRG’s oil dossier.