The contracts are with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and several international oil companies and are worth about $10 million combined.
They represent an expansion of the munitions-response specialist's operations into the oil and gas sector, as more areas in strife-addled regions become attractive targets for hydrocarbon exploration.
“This is an area of Iraq that has excellent potential for energy and agricultural development,” said Andy Gleeson, Sterling's Iraq mine action project manager.
