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Energy News // 9 years ago

Oil find declared commercial in Kurdish Iraq

A new oil discovery in northern Iraq moves the region closer to a 1 million barrel per day production goal, a Kurdish government official said Friday.

Energy News // 9 years ago

IS oil smugglers will feel wrath, Kurdish leader says

The Kurdish minister of natural resources issued a warning to the Sunni-led Islamic State there would be no quarter for oil smugglers.

Energy News // 9 years ago

Kurds claim win in latest oil row

A Texas court ruling to dismiss an order to seize Kurdish oil parked off the U.S. coast should give potential buyers confidence, the Kurdish government said.

Energy News // 9 years ago

MOL inks Kurdish energy agreement

Hungarian energy company MOL said it agreed on a development plan to pull reserves from the Arki-Bijeel area in the Kurdish north of Iraq.

Energy News // 9 years ago

Kurds react to U.S. oil cargo

The federal government of Iraq can't win its claims in the U.S. court system against Kurdish oil exports, the Kurdish natural resources minister said Wednesday.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Kurdish government releases energy revenue data

"Billions of dollars" generated from the oil and gas sector have benefited the citizens of the Kurdish region of Iraq, the Kurdish government said.

Outside View // 1 decade ago

Outside View: America and the Kurds

The most common question asked as a regular visitor to Iraqi Kurdistan is whether it or all Kurds can, will or wish to be independent. It reflects the long struggle of the Kurds to maintain their identity in often hostile circumstances but it is looking at the issue the wrong way round.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Showdown on Iraqi Kurds' oil, gas is looming

The thorny dispute over Iraqi Kurdistan's oil riches is likely to heat up in the weeks ahead, aggravating tensions in a flashpoint region at a time when al-Qaida bombers are wreaking havoc across the country spurred by the civil war raging in next-door Syria.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Iraq mulls prospects for oil pipeline from Kurdish north to Turkey

Building a pipeline to carry oil from the Kurdish north of Iraq to Turkey will take longer than Kurdish officials say, a Turkish Energy Ministry spokesman said.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

KRG turns to oil sector for help with refugees

The Kurdish government in northern Iraq said it would match dollar-for-dollar contributions from the energy sector to address a growing refugee problem.

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I am pleased to confirm that today, May 10, I have received two letters addressed to the Kurdistan Regional Government Ministry of Natural Resources in Erbil, issued by the Ministry of Oil in Baghdad, which states that export of oil from the Tawke and Taq Taq oil fields in the Kurdistan region should be expedited
Kurdish oil announcement false start? May 12, 2009

I am pleased to confirm that (Sunday), I have received two letters addressed to the Kurdistan Regional Government Ministry of Natural Resources in Erbil, issued by the Ministry of Oil in Baghdad, which states that export of oil from the Tawke and Taq Taq oil fields in the Kurdistan region should be expedited
Baghdad sanctions Kurdish oil exports May 11, 2009

When we are ready, we will call our colleagues, and I don't envisage any problem in that. The metering station is in the KRG territory. We can just link up the pipeline, open the metering and tell (the State Oil Marketing Organization) that so many barrels are going through, please account for it
No DNO oil export permit, Iraq region says Oct 15, 2008

The aim is to replicate some similar projects to make sure that in the end we will end shortages and hopefully export to the rest of Iraq
Iraq Energy Roundup Oct 10, 2008

The aim is to replicate some similar projects to make sure that in the end we will end shortages and hopefully export to the rest of Iraq
Iraqi Kurds see future in gas Oct 09, 2008