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| Turkish company six granted oil exploration blocks in Iraqi Kurdistan ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— Local authorities have given an unnamed Turkish company licenses to explore for oil in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to a report, a move that could anger the central government in Baghdad already worried about the Kurdish region's growing independence. The report, co-published by The Oil & Gas Year and the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), is the first official confirmation of the deal. It said a company described only as "a Turkish entity" was given stakes in the Choman, Hindren, Arbat, Pulkhana, Jabal Kand and Khalakan blocks. Resource... Read More » Iraqi Kurdistan's PUK lodges complain on voter numbers ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— The upcoming elections in Iraq's Kurdistan Region have encouraged some MPs to take legal action over what they call inflated voter numbers. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK is one of the region's two ruling parties. The PUK claims that voter numbers in certain areas have increased by over ninety thousand in just a few months. Party members are worried that this could give way to forgery in September's elections. The PUK has sent its legal case to Kurdistan's Elections Commission. Erbil and Duhok provinces belong to Kurdistan's other ruling party - the... Read More »Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief. June 19, 2013 Nechirvan Barzani criticizes the administrative system in Kurdistan. Erbil: The prime minister of Kurdistan, Nechirvan Barzani confirmed on Tuesday on the need to change the administrative system in the region, which he described as old and directed to conduct repairs on the system, increasing the financial resources and reducing disbursements. Barzani held a meeting Tuesday with the Minister of Finance and Economy and a number of officials, according to a government statement. Barzani said that there is a need to change the administrative system in Kurdistan Region because of the... Read More »Iraqi Kurdistan-Turkey oil pipeline to be completed September: Minister A pipeline that would carry oil from Iraqi Kurdistan to the Turkish border is scheduled for completion by October, with expectation to start exports in 2016, Kurdistan's minister of natural resources said Wednesday. Ashti Hawrami declared in an oil conference in London that the pipeline will have an initial capacity of 300,000 barrels a day, rising to more than 1 million barrels a day. The pipeline could be a game-changer for Iraq's oil industry and could also have profound political implications. He pointed out that the exports through Iraqi federal oil network depend on the agreement between Baghdad and... Read More » | ||||
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