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Feature: Kurdish oil, gas lifeblood faces sovereignty challenge, as Baghdad angles to take over

May 11, 2022 Comments Off

Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region has ambitions to become a net natural gas exporter and to revive fallen oil production. But plans by federal authorities in Baghdad for a potentially hostile takeover of the region’s energy sector present major uncertainties for foreign companies that the Kurdistan Regional Government are seeking to attract. KRG officials are weighing their response to Baghdad’s declared…