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South Kurdistan oil & gas development
Topic Started: Nov 17 12, 1:25 (649,150 Views)
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We now get 100% of our oil sales including Kerkûk.... It's
Just a way revenge media war...
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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We now get 100% of our oil sales including Kerkûk.... It's
Just a way revenge media war...
Alan, you mean that KRG get 100% from oil export? From what I heard Turkey have not sent any money to KRG?

And they say they will wait for Bagdad and KRG agreement and divide 17% - 83%, not likely to happen.

So I dont see what will happend for Turkey to send money to KRG?
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It has been declared by kurdish finance minister, the money hasnt been sent but it will be 100%... iraq and KRG not neighbours no more.
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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ALAN
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We now get 100% of our oil sales including Kerkûk.... It's
Just a way revenge media war...
Alan, you mean that KRG get 100% from oil export? From what I heard Turkey have not sent any money to KRG?

And they say they will wait for Bagdad and KRG agreement and divide 17% - 83%, not likely to happen.

So I dont see what will happend for Turkey to send money to KRG?
Turkey has way too much influence over us
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Baghdad Lashes Out After Kurdish Forces Move into Two Oilfields

By RUDAW 7 minutes ago

ERBIL, South Kurdistan – Kurdish Peshmerga forces moved into the Bai Hassan and Kirkuk oilfields, Iraq’s oil ministry said in an angry statement that accused the Kurds of kicking out Arab workers at the site, as a bitter feud between Erbil and Baghdad threatened to spin out of control.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) did not deny sending Peshmerga forces into the two oil fields, but rejected it had kicked out Arab workers.

The oil ministry in Baghdad said that Peshmerga forces entered production facilities at the twin sites at dawn on Friday.

"The armed forces of the Peshmerga, accompanied by a number of civilians, entered the production facilities at the Kirkuk and Bai Hassan fields at dawn today and expelled the workers at those sites," said a statement posted by the Iraqi oil ministry.

Kurdish forces moved into Kirkuk and other areas outside their formal borders last month to fill the security vacuum left by retreating Iraqi troops. The KRG said the advance had been to prevent Islamic State (IS) extremists from wresting control of the oil-rich provinces.

The Bai Hassan oil fields, 55 kilometers northwest of the city of Kirkuk, produce nearly 195,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd). The fields have strategic importance for the KRG because they are connected by pipeline to Kurdistan’s own independent oil pipeline in Khurmala, near Erbil.

The KRG, cash-strapped since Baghdad stopped paying running expenses to the government in Erbil several months ago, has vowed to double oil exports within months, aiming to use the revenues to pay civil servants who have gone without pay for the six months that the feud has endured.

The Kurdish takeover of the fields follows a series of tit-for-tat measures between Baghdad and Erbil. On Thursday, Baghdad slapped a ban on cargo flights flying into the South Kurdistan, after Kurdish ministers in the Iraqi cabinet announced they would boycott government proceedings to protest statements by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who accused Erbil of harboring extremists.

All day-to-day work between Baghdad and Erbil has reportedly come to a halt. The Kurds have threatened to declare independence as Iraq tears apart under a jihad-led insurgency and Sunni rebellion.

The Iraqi oil ministry warned the Kurds of serious consequences over the oil fields, calling the move illegal.

"The oil ministry strongly warns the South Kurdistan of the seriousness of this irresponsible behavior,” it said, calling it “an encroachment on the Constitution and the national wealth.”

It appealed on the Peshmerga forces to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Iraqi security forces against an advance by jihadi-led insurgents, and to withdraw from the fields.

"The Ministry of Oil appeals to the wise Kurdish brothers of the need to understand the seriousness of the situation and to instruct those responsible for this uncontrolled action to withdraw forces from these oil fields,” the statement said. It called on the Peshmerga to “evacuate immediately to avoid serious consequences."

In response to the Iraqi statement, KRG spokesman Safeen Dizayee denied that Arab workers at the site had been singled out. “It is not us who pursue a chauvinistic policy, we never do that.”

http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/110720142
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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* NOC NOW UNDER KRG CONTROL.
* MNR: any employees not happy they can leave.
* Any employee not from Kirkuk originally will be sacked.

http://rudaw.net/sorani/kurdistan/1107201416


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Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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KRG: Oilfields Takeover Was to Secure Them from Iraqi Sabotage

ERBIL, South Kurdistan – Kurdish Peshmerga forces moved into the Bai Hassan and Makhmur oilfields on Friday morning “to secure the oilfields after learning of orders by officials in the federal Ministry of Oil in Baghdad to sabotage the recent mutually-agreed pipeline infrastructure linking the Avana dome with the Khurmala field,” said Kurdistan’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR).

“The nearby Bai Hassan field and the other fields located in Makhmour district are now safely under KRG management. The KRG expects production at these fields to continue normally. Staff at the North Oil Company that previously operated these fields have been informed that from tomorrow they will be expected to cooperate with KRG management. Those who do not want to do so can leave,” said the MNR in a statement.

The MNR statement said that the new pipeline linking Khurmala with Avana was designed and constructed with the express purpose of facilitating export from the Makhmour, Avana and Kirkuk area fields through the KRG pipeline network to help increase revenues for Iraqis, at a time of great need and at a time when most of the Iraq-Turkey pipeline is under ISIS control.

The KRG defended its move of taking over the oil facilities, saying that it had been built and paid for by the Kurdish government.

“However, the KRG learned on Thursday that some officials in the federal Ministry of Oil gave orders to a number of NOC staff to cease their cooperation with the KRG and to dismantle or render inoperable the valves on the new pipeline,” read the statement.

The MNR explained in the statement that “The Avana and Makhmour fields have been unable to export since March because the main Iraq-Turkey pipeline has been damaged by terrorist attacks.”

Kurdish authorities feared damages to the Bai Hassan and other fields after Iraqi Jets bombed the Gayara oil refinery near Mosul on Thursday to drive out militants of the Islamic State (IS).

Kurdish forces moved into Kirkuk and other areas outside their formal borders last month to fill the security vacuum left by retreating Iraqi troops. The KRG said the advance had been to prevent Islamic State (IS) extremists from wresting control of the oil-rich provinces.

The Bai Hassan oil fields, 55 kilometers northwest of the city of Kirkuk, produce nearly 195,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd). The fields have strategic importance for the KRG because they are connected by pipeline to Kurdistan’s own independent oil pipeline in Khurmala, near Erbil.

The Kurdish takeover of the fields follows a series of tit-for-tat measures between Baghdad and Erbil. On Thursday, Baghdad slapped a ban on cargo flights flying into the South Kurdistan, after Kurdish ministers in the Iraqi cabinet announced they would boycott government proceedings to protest statements by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who accused Erbil of harboring extremists.

The Iraqi oil ministry warned the Kurds of serious consequences over the oil fields, calling the move illegal.

"The oil ministry strongly warns the South Kurdistan of the seriousness of this irresponsible behavior,” it said, calling it “an encroachment on the Constitution and the national wealth.”

The MNR said that they have plans for the use of the new oilfields they took over on Friday.

“From now on, production at the new fields under KRG control will be used primarily to fill the shortage of refined products in the domestic market. This will ease the burden on ordinary citizens caused by the failure of the federal authorities to protect the country's vital oil infrastructure in the region,” said the MNR statement.

In January Baghdad froze Erbil’s share of the national budget, putting the KRG under strain. Now however, Erbil says that revenue from the new oilfields will “make up for the huge financial deficit triggered by the illegal withholding of the KRG’s 17 percent share of the federal budget by Baghdad.”

http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/110720141
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cool* KRG is on fire baby cool*
Jet fuel can't melt steel beams

"If Turkey allows itself interfere in the matter of Kerkûk because of a few thousand Turkmen, we will do the same with regard to Diyarbakir (Amed) and other Kurdistani cities in Turkey because of 30 million Kurds." - President Masoud Barzanî
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Video report on Kerkûk oil fields

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http://rudaw.net/sorani/kurdistan/120720145
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Biggest oil refinery tower for KRG has arrived

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Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Is it a ready made refinery? How many of those refineries do we need in order to fix the petrol shortages?
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I think it will be finished in 1-2 years but it will be bigger than Beji refinery and yes will eliminate fuel crisis for ever in KRG...
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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99% of Kirkuk oil is under Peshmerga control

13.07.2014
Mewan Dolamari

Both Bai Hassan and Kirkuk Oil fields in Kirkuk province are now under Peshmerga control, with the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) having ceased control of one other oil field in the area, from where they smuggle oil to Hamreen Mountains according to a source from North Oil co. who asked to remain anonymous.

“Both oil fields have been controlled by the Kurdish Peshmerga forces. These two oil fields are important and very beneficial for Kirkuk because it is the place from where oil is exported abroad,” said the source.

“If Kirkuk province becomes part of the South Kurdistan, these two oil fields will strengthen the role of the Kurds. The oil fields controlled by the Peshmerga forces have the ability to produce more than 300,000 oil barrels per day,” added the source.

According to the source, ISIS has taken control of Ajil oil field in Tikrit as well as another oil field in Hamreen, with the capacity to produce 60,000 oil barrels, which the insurgents then smuggle.

While the Ajil field is able to produce 200,000 barrels per day, it has not produced since it was taken over by ISIS.

On Friday, Kurdish special force took control of two oil fields in Kirkuk and Baghdad accused Kurds of kicking out the oil workers in the oil fields, however, KRG rejected those accusations and said they went in the field to protect Kirkuk oil from extremist groups.

http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/99-of-Kirkuk-oil-is-under-Peshmerga-control/26646
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXeE34CcRg0
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Why Kurdistan Still Doesn’t Have its Oil Money

By Alexander Whitcomb 1 hour ago

Due to ongoing disputes over the legality of KRG’s independent oil sales, the Turkish government has been waiting for an agreement between Erbil and Baghdad over how to divide the revenue.

ERBIL, South Kurdistan - A delegation of Kurdish ministers is in Turkey to sign new oil export agreements. But its members also have a much bigger task: they must make sure the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) can ultimately be paid for its oil sales.

“The purpose behind the visit regards a bank account for Kurdish oil revenue, which has been sold through Turkey, and transferring the account into the South Kurdistan,” said Rebar Muhammad, the KRG Minister of Finance. He is part of the delegation that is headed by Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani and Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami.

Despite the fact it has at least $93 million in its account at Halkbank, a state-owned Turkish Bank, the autonomous region hasn’t been able to withdraw earnings from the sale of oil exported via a new pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

Due to ongoing disputes over the legality of KRG’s independent oil sales, the Turkish government has been waiting for an agreement between Erbil and Baghdad over how to divide the revenue.

“Previously the KRG has indicated it would retain 17 percent and transfer 83 percent to Baghdad in line with its interpretation of the Iraqi constitution,” says Richard Mallinson, an analyst with London-based consultancy Energy Aspects.

“But the suspension of fiscal transfer from Baghdad, and KRG claims of historic underpayment, have brought that into question,” he adds.

“The Turkish government has previously indicated it will not allow money to be transferred out of Halkbank until Erbil and Baghdad had agreed the distribution, which I think may still be the main hold-up.”

Such an agreement looks out of reach for the moment. Kurdish cabinet members have boycotted participation in the Iraqi government following Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s accusation that Kurds are harboring terrorist leaders in Erbil. Meanwhile, efforts to form a new government in Baghdad have been unsuccessful.

Mallinson indicates there may still be hope for the cash-strapped Kurdish government, which relies upon the oil revenue to safeguard its economic and political autonomy.

“Perhaps Turkey can be persuaded to allow a transfer,” he suggests. “After all, they have shifted to allowing cargoes to load without Baghdad's approval,” deciding to let Kurds ship their oil without waiting for a green light from Baghdad.

Yet even if the KRG can withdraw the funds, major obstacles remain to secure a steady stream of oil income. Baghdad has used international legal and diplomatic pressure to scare away potential buyers, including suing Turkey and the Turkish pipeline operator, BOTAS, for facilitating the sale.

Iraq hired Houston–based energy firm Vinson & Elkins to target potential buyers, writing letters threatening legal action and denial of access to the 75 percent of Iraqi oil produced in the rest of the country.

These tactics have been successful thus far, as only one of four tankers filled with Kurdish pipeline oil has unloaded its cargo, sold to an anonymous buyer. Baghdad also cut off the region’s budget to pressure the KRG to halt independent oil sales.

Kurdish Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawtami remains confident that the region’s oil exports will be sold.

"We will be self-sufficient by year-end. In terms of revenue, yes,“ Hawrami told reporters a day before his Turkey trip.

“See, Baghdad made the wrong calculation,” he continued. “They thought that they were strangling us by cutting our budget unfairly, illegally and unconstitutionally as a punishment. They have miscalculated the will of the Kurdish people; they fight back and we will match that expectation we have. We will be free with our own revenue as opposed to be being under the thumb of dictators in Baghdad.”

http://rudaw.net/english/business/13072014
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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The #KRG's ad in today's @FinancialTimes threatening to sue anyone who buys oil from #Iraq

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Revenge is much more sweeter... Iraq owes Kurds genocide compensations too which we will chase as an independent state.
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Biggest oil refinery under construction and awaits its giant tower for completion

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Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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70m-tall distillation tower reaches Erbil from Dubai

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14.07.2014
Hoshmand Sadq

On Monday afternoon a towering 70m oil distillation tower (or column) arrived at Kawergosk oil refinery in Erbil.

“After two days transporting the giant tower to the South Kurdistan through Ibrahim Khalil Border Crossing, today the tower reached its destination,” the Operation Manager of Kawergosk Oil Refinery Field, Hazhar Azad told BasNews.

Azad said that the 70m tower was transported from Dubai to Turkey’s Iskenderun port and then on to the South Kurdistan. After the truck entered South Kurdistan, Kurdish Peshmerga forces accompanied it, and measures have been taken to ensure the safety of the tower along its journey to Kawergosk Oil Field.

“In 15 months the tower will start producing fuel, gasoline and grease and will have the capability to produce almost two million liters of fuel per day, solving the fuel problems in the South Kurdistan,” added Azad.

The tower has been used before in the UAE where it worked efficiently, it does however need to undergo a number of renovations.

http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/70m-tall-distillation-tower-reaches-Erbil-from-Dubai/26833
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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I hope KRG awards ExxonMobil the newly freed Kerkûk fields
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Kurdistan oil exports expected to reach 1 million barrels per day

14.07.2014
Mewan Dolamari

The Head of Industry and Natural Resources Committee in Kurdistan Parliament Sherko Jawdat stated that in the coming months Kurdistan’s oil exportation is set to increase to 250,000 barrels per day (bpd), reaching 500,000 bpd by the end of the year.

“Now the South Kurdistan’s oil exports are 120,000 to 150,000 barrels per day and within the next two months it will increase to 250,000 barrels per day,” Said Jawdat to Kurdish local media.

“There is a plan to increase Kurdistan’s oil exportation to 500,000 barrels per day by the end of the year with Kirkuk’s oil exportation which is 500,000 barrels per day and the internal revenues of South Kurdistan will bring economic stability back to the region,” added Jawdat.

“Now the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is working on connecting Kirkuk’s oil fields to Khurmala and Makhmour pipelines, making preparations for 2015 in order to exported abroad through the South Kurdistan’s pipeline,” he said.

He also mentioned that from 2015 onwards, they will attempt to restructure the region’s economy in order to reemerge from the economic crisis and improve public services.

The South Kurdistan has been under economic strain following a series of disputes between the KRG and Baghdad, which led to the Iraqi government’s withholding of the federal budget.

Following the takeover of oil refineries by the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) a fuel crisis and a large influx of internally displaced persons sparked greater economic concerns in Kurdistan.

http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Kurdistan-oil-exports-expected-to-reach-1-million-barrels-per-day/26814
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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South Kurdistan will be self-sufficient at the end of 2014: Ashti Hawrami

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Natural Resources Ahsti Hawrami said the autonomous region will be self-sufficient by the end of this year, CBS reported.
The region will be free with its own revenue and will release itself from the dictatorship in Baghdad, he said, adding that the central government miscalculated the will of Kurdish people by cutting the region’s 17 percent share of the national budget.

"We will be self-sufficient by year-end. In terms of revenue, yes. See, Baghdad made the wrong calculation. They thought that they were strangling us by cutting our budget unfairly, illegally and unconstitutionally as a punishment. They have miscalculated the will of the Kurdish people; they fight back and we will match that expectation we have. We will be free with our own revenue as opposed to be being under the thumb of dictators in Baghdad," Hawrami said. "Our people moved in to prevent sabotage essentially, and what we discovered actually is that they had even instructions to shut down all the other facilities to render it useless, in case they lost the South Kurdistan permanently."

He added that there are plans for a larger refinery and a couple of smaller ones, and an expansion of another one in Bazian. "The Bazian (refinery) is under construction along with a couple of others for - let's say - lighter oil or condensate oil," he said.

Kurdish forces of Peshmerga took control of two oilfields of Bai Hassan and Kirkuk on Friday, something that fueled tensions between the central government and the northern region whose President Massoud Barzani has recently asked the region’s local parliament to set a date for holding a referendum in the region to ask people if they want to remain a part of Iraq and like to have an independent state.

http://kurdpress.com/En/NSite/FullStory/News/?Id=7805#Title
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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PUK blames KDP for controlling Kirkuk oil fields

A member of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) blamed rival Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) for controlling oilfields in Iraqi Northern Province of Kirkuk.

Speaking with Radio Nawa, Salar Muhammad said South Kurdistan should discuss with Kirkuk governorate and governor every decision it makes in the city.

No unilateral attempt without Peshmerga, political parties and Kirkuk governor’s knowledge leads to nothing.

“Our problems are not oil and natural resources but retaking the soil and its nation and parties should accept the outcome of their injudicious decisions,” he added.

The PUK official further asked South Kurdistan President and KDP Leader Massoud Barzani to deal with Iraq developments more rationally and carefully.

It is worth mentioning that Peshmerga forces affiliated with the KDP took control of two oilfields of Kirkuk and Bai Hassan wells in Kirkuk province on Friday.

http://kurdpress.com/En/NSite/FullStory/News/?Id=7801#
Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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Report on the biggest refinery in the making in KRG

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Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time.
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