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Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Yıldız speaks during a news conference in Ankara January 2, 2014. (Reuters/Umit Bektas)

Kurdistan oil flow to Turkey begins, exports await Iraqi consent

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 2, 2014 | Business

Ankara, Reuters—Crude oil from Iraqi Kurdistan has started flowing via a new pipeline to the Turkish Mediterranean export hub of Ceyhan, but will not be shipped to world markets without the consent of Baghdad, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said on Thursday....

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In this December 13, 2009 file photo, Iraqi laborers work at the Rumaila oil refinery, near the city of Basra. (AP Photo/Nabil Al-Jurani)

Iraq says China seeking 70 percent more crude in 2014

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 16, 2013 | Business

Daegu, Reuters—Iraq said China is seeking to increase purchases of its crude by more than two-thirds next year, stepping up the rivalry between Baghdad and top exporter Saudi Arabia for a bigger slice of the growing Asian market. Rapid increases in Iraq’s oil...

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Nechervan Barzani, prime minister of Iraq’s Kurdish provinces (KRG)

Nechervan Barzani: The View from Erbil

by Ma'ad Fayad | Apr 6, 2013 | Interviews

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Until recently, the Kurds of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq referred to Nechervan Barzani as prime minister, but today they call him Kaka Nechervan, or Brother Nechervan. In the eyes of many, he is responsible not only for the region’s economic...