The
Kurdistan
Regional
Government
(KRG)
last
week
gave
permission
to
Genel
Energy
to
begin
direct
oil
sales
to
Turkey
from
the
Taq
Taq
oilfield,
in
trade
the
central
government
in
Baghdad
says
is
illegal.
But
trucked
exports
were
stopped
temporarily,
with
Reuters
citing
an
unnamed
industry
source
as
saying
the
step
was
taken
to
introduce
a
"more
rigorous
monitoring
system
for
the
trucks".
Oil
exports
and
contracts
are
at
the
heart
of
a
wider
dispute
over
territory,
oilfields
and
political
autonomy
between
Baghdad's
Arab-led
government
and
Kurdistan,
where
ethnic
Kurds
run
their
own…
