Kurdistan/Iraq: Iraq Halts Exports through Pipeline to Pressure Kurds - Iraq Oil Report

Mar 17, 2016 | Maher Chmaytelli and Chris Reese, Reuters
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Iraq's central government has stopped oil exports through the Kurdish region to pressure the local authorities to resume talks about an oil revenue sharing agreement, the Iraq Oil Report said, citing Iraqi Oil Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi. Iraq's state-run North Oil Company has stopped pumping crude produced at fields it operates in the Kirkuk area through a pipeline to Turkey, three sources told Reuters on March 14.