Iraq waits on ExxonMobil Kurdish response

Iraq believes ExxonMobil has less interest in pursuing a disputed oil deal in the country's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region because it has much larger contract in southern Iraq, its oil minister said on Saturday.

Lining up: Kurdistan's small blocks were "not to be compared" to West Qurna, Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Kareem Luaibi said.
Lining up: Kurdistan's small blocks were "not to be compared" to West Qurna, Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Kareem Luaibi said.
Published 21 November 2011, 04:01Updated 11 October 2016, 07:44
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