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This file photo shows a worker walking on an oil pipeline at the Khurmala oil field on the outskirts of the city of Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on December 4, 2013. (Reuters/Stringer)
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Iraq’s Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Al-Luaibi, seated, talks to journalists before a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna on June 11, 2014. (Reuters/Heinz-Peter Bader)
No “direct impact” on Iraq oil exports following crisis—experts
Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—The current crisis in Iraq has had no direct impact on the country’s oil exports, despite a battle for control of the country’s largest oil refinery, and the city of Kirkuk—home to one of the country’s major oil fields—falling under Kurdish...Caption:
In this June 1, 2009 file photo, Kurdish president Massud Barzani, right, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani open a ceremonial valve during an event to celebrate the start of oil exports from the autonomous region of Kurdistan, in the northern Kurdish city of Erbil, Iraq. (AP Photo/Safin Hamed, Pool, File)
Kurdish oil exports have cost Baghdad $34 bn since 2010, says Oil Ministry
Baghdad and Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Oil Ministry accused the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Sunday of illegally exporting 34 billion US dollars’ worth of oil since 2010, in the latest round of a long-running feud between Baghdad and Erbil. A press...Caption:
A vendor displays material used for traditional Kurdish costumes at a market on February 23, 2014 in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)
Kurdish–Iraqi oil dispute hurting Erbil
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—As tensions rise between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Baghdad over Erbil’s decision to export oil independently of the Iraqi government, the Kurdistan region and its residents are feeling the full brunt of the dispute. The Iraqi...Caption:
Tanker trucks wait to be loaded at Taq Taq oilfield in Erbil on September 5, 2012. (Reuters/Azad Lashkari)