Baghdad-Erbil oil dispute: Agreeing to disagree, for now - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mushreq Abbas

Mushreq Abbas

Dec 5, 2013

Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani gestures toward reporters during a news conference, Erbil, March 24, 2009. — REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

Iraqi Kurdistan oil a slippery issue

Ali Mamouri

A flame rises from a pipeline at Taq Taq oil field in Arbil at the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Baghdad, September, 5, 2012. To match Analysis IRAQ-OIL-KURDISTAN/ REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS) - RTR37KBL

Iraqi Government Warns Kurdistan Region Against 'Smuggling' Oil

Omar al-Shaher

A view of an oil refinery in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, on June 20, 2014. Kurdish forces took control of Kirkuk and other disputed territory as Sunni Arab militants pressed an offensive that has seen them seize a large chunk of Iraq and sweep federal security forces aside. AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Iraqi efforts underway to resolve Kurdish oil exports via Turkey

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics

Employees of the state-run South Oil Company (SOC) join a new oil storage tank to the oil pipelines near the southern city of Basra January 14, 2013. The head of the state-run South Oil Company said the new facility will add a capacity of one million barrels to the existing 5.5 million barrels available. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ - Tags: ENERGY CIVIL UNREST)

Iraqi Kurds Press Ahead With Pipeline Plans

Abdel Hamid Zebari

Abdel Hamid Zebari