Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdish Forces Seize Some Oil Wells from Iraqi Control, Iraqi Company Says

May 14, 2022 | Reuters
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Forces from the regional Kurdish government have taken control of some oil wells in northern Kirkuk, Iraq's state-run North Oil Company said in a statement on Saturday, but the Kurdish government denied this. It said the forces arrived with a technical team from the Kurdish region and took over some of the oil wells in the Bai Hassan oilfield, which is controlled by the North Oil Company.