In
August,
Gazprom
Neft
acquired
interests
in
two
blocks
in
Iraq's
Kurdistan
region,
after
similar
moves
by
international
rivals
angered
the
central
Iraqi
government
in
Baghdad.
The
International
Oil
Daily
cited
Iraqi
Oil
Minister
Abdul-Kareem
Luaibi
as
saying
Baghdad
received
a
letter
from
Gazprom,
in
which
the
company
said
it
had
frozen
the
contract
with
Kurdistan.
However
Reuters
quoted
an
unnamed
Gazprom
Neft
source
as
saying
the
company
was
still
working
on
the
projects.
A
company
spokeswoman
declined
to
comment.
Gazprom
Neft
already
has
a
project
in
Iraq,
near
the
Iranian
border,
where
it
expects…
