Kurdistan crude export deadlock persists

Kurdistan Gridlock Raises Risk Of US Sanctions On Iraq’s Oil Sector

Talks to resume oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan were spectacularly derailed last week, when Baghdad’s decision to unilaterally impose the scope of work fo...

The Ministry of Oil responded today, Friday, to a statement issued by the Kurdistan Oil Industry Association (EPICOR) at the end of last March, which claimed that "the ministry expressed its unwillingness to negotiate a solution that fulfills the contracts concluded between the companies."

Iraqi Kurdistan: An elusive autonomy - lost opportunities for peace

Sheri Laizer | The Insight International Sheri Laizer speaks with the former head of the PUK’s Foreign Relations, Omar Sheikhmous Between December 1983 and January 1985, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Iraqi government achieved a ceasefire despite the ongoing war between Iraq and Iran. 1 The terms of the agreement could have […] The post Iraqi Kurdistan: An Elusive Autonomy – Lost Opportunities For Peace appeared first on The Insi…

Kurdistan crude export deadlock persists

Hard-liners in Baghdad appear to be rejecting compromise with oil companies in negotiations to reopen the northern pipeline to Turkey.