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President Barzani Meets with Chevron Vice President in Davos

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Davos, Switzerland (KRP.org) – President Barzani met with Chevron’s Global Head of Business Development Mr. Jay Pryor on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss the company’s operations in the South Kurdistan.

Mr. Pryor said the company had made a great deal of progress in the short time that it has been working in Kurdistan. He also expressed his company’s gratitude for the warm reception and cooperation from the KRG.
Mr. Pryor emphasized Chevron’s commitment to a long-term partnership with the KRG and said the company had a strong desire to expand its activities in the South Kurdistan.

Commending the decision to work in Kurdistan, President Barzani assured Mr Pryor of the Region’s support for the US oil giant’s efforts. He said the relationship had a bright future and that it would be beneficial for both Kurdistan and Iraq as a whole.

During the meeting, Mr Pryor was informed that Chevron’s bid for the Qara Dagh exploration area has been successful, and that a contract would soon be finalised.

Mr Pryor presented President Barzani with Chevron’s annual corporate calendar, which this year features historic photographs of Kurdistan selected from archive of Anthony Kersting at London’s Courtauld Institute.
President Barzani thanked Chevron for the sincere interest in and research into Kurdistan’s history and culture.
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 PM: "Exxon will continue its work in Kurdistan"

During a press conference held today in Hewlêr, between the Kurdistan PM and the new Bulgarian consul, Nechirvan announced that the supermajor Exxon will continue its work in Kurdistan and said they have received reassurance from the company's CEO, the question was asked by a local news agency.

The confirmation was received during a recent meeting between Kurdistan autonomous region Barzani and Exxon's CEO in Davos.

http://rudaw.net/kurdish/index.php/news/20431.html

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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yet another blow to ssc thugs false claims on our oil :thumbsup:

Kurdistan’s vast reserves draw oil majors

For decades, the rugged hills of KRG were the sole preserve of sheep herders and the Kurdish militia known as peshmerga. Now they play host to some of the largest oil and gas companies in the world, drawn by its estimated 45bn barrels of oil.

“We are driving over huge reserves,” says Richard Lowe, drilling manager for oil explorer Gulf Keystone, as he crosses South Kurdistan’s oil-rich northern corner.

Off to the right, he says, lie Ain Sifni and Barda Rash, where the London-listed oil company Afren has made two big oil discoveries. On the left are vast unexplored fields. “That’s where ExxonMobil will be drilling,” he says.

The region’s oil is so plentiful it oozes out of the ground. Near Gulf Keystone’s Shaikan field – one of the world’s largest onshore oil finds of recent years – Mr Lowe points to crude oil leaking out of the limestone and dribbling down in thick black seeps.

Barely on the oil majors’ radar five years ago, the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq is now one of the biggest draws in the energy industry. But the enthusiasm is tempered by escalating tension between the region and Baghdad, which has led to border skirmishes and rows over oil. Last month, regional crude exports, which feed into a centrally controlled pipeline system, fell to a trickle because of a row over payments.

Observers in Irbil, the capital of South Kurdistan, say the row reflects a broader crisis at the heart of the Iraqi government. “There are clearly big problems with its ability to govern,” says one official. “No one knows what’s going to happen next.”

Despite the problems, Iraq’s oil industry is seeing a major rebirth – a revival so strong that it is helping to dispel fears of a future global oil shortage. The country’s production, long suppressed by war, sanctions and neglect, is expected to double to more than 6m barrels a day by 2020, according to the International Energy Agency. By the 2030s, the IEA says, Iraq will be the world’s second-largest oil exporter after Saudi Arabia.

The Kurdistan region’s contribution to this revival is small but growing. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) sees production from the region, now about 200,000 barrels a day, rising to 1m b/d by 2015 and 2m b/d by 2019.

That has made it Big Oil’s hottest real estate.

Its largest oilfields – Tawke, Taq Taq and Shaikan – have become household names in the industry.

“Kurdistan is the oil exploration capital of the world,” says Tony Hayward, the former chief executive of BP, now chief executive of Genel Energy, the largest independent oil producer in the region.

Exxon’s decision to enter the region in 2011 was a turning point, with Chevron, Total and Gazprom following in its wake.

The KRG says their arrival should silence critics who question the legality of the production-sharing contracts it has signed with international energy groups. “[Exxon’s arrival] is an endorsement of our policy,” says Ashti Hawrami, the KRG’s minister of natural resources.

Baghdad says the Exxon contract and the roughly 50 other deals the KRG has signed are unconstitutional and has barred oil companies that enter the north from participating in Iraqi oil licensing rounds. It has also made life hard for oil companies operating in KRG-controlled areas who often have to wait months for Baghdad to pay them for the oil they produce.

Nearly 10 years after US-led forces invaded Iraq and removed Saddam Hussein, relations between the Kurds and Iraq’s Sunnis and Shia remain strained.

That has translated not just into tensions between Baghdad and Irbil over oil but also skirmishes in disputed territories, including oil-rich Kirkuk, on the border between KRG territory and Iraq. The illness of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, an ethnic Kurd, makes the situation even more febrile.

Tensions flared up in dramatic fashion last November, with a shoot-out between Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the small town of Tuz Khormato in which one person was killed and several wounded. On December 17, explosions in a Shia district of the town killed at least five people and wounded 24, while a truck bomb killed seven near Mosul.

New security arrangements in the disputed areas, with a joint command replaced by one led by Baghdad, have also fuelled concerns. “They’re worried about what they see as the creeping militarisation of Kirkuk,” says a diplomat based in Irbil. “They say that makes it even less likely that there will be a proper political settlement of the status of the disputed areas.”

For now, there are hopes that ultimately the export issue will be resolved. These hopes rest on the KRG’s plans to build a new 1m b/d oil pipeline to the Turkish border.

Though there is no clear date for construction, under current proposals, it will tie in to Iraq’s existing export pipeline between Kirkuk and Turkey’s port of Ceyhan. But the KRG could seek to develop a separate route across the border into Turkey, effectively giving it control of its own exports. Already, South Kurdistan is shipping small amounts of oil by truck across the Turkish border.

“This [dispute] will not resolve itself until Kurdistan has the infrastructure to allow it to export oil directly to Turkey and be independent from Baghdad,” says one foreign oil executive active in KRG territory.

Experts say such an outcome would inevitably hasten a full, comprehensive agreement on exports and oil rights because the KRG would have much more leverage in any negotiations with the central government.

Despite the problems, oil companies in the region are willing to persevere. They “are used to working in very ambiguous circumstances”, says one Irbil-based energy consultant. “With Kurdistan, they feel the risk is worth it.”

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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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Chevron Acquires New Stake in Kurdish Oil License - Oil Official

By Hassan Hafidh

U.S. oil company Chevron Corp. (>> Chevron Corporation) has expanded its presence in the autonomous Kurdistan region (KRG) by acquiring a stake in a new oil exploration block, a senior official at Kurdistan's oil ministry said Thursday.

The deal builds on Chevron's two existing oil licenses in the region which were acquired in July from Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd. (500325.BY). The presence of Chevron, and other western companies like Exxon Mobil Corp. (>> Exxon Mobil Corporation) and Total SA (>> TOTAL S.A.), has provoked protest from Iraq's central government, which says the Kurdish authorities have no right to grant exploration licenses.

"We are pleased that Chevron has strengthened its commitment in Kurdistan by acquiring a stake in another new oil field, Qara Dagh," a senior official at Kurdistan's oil ministry told Dow Jones Newswires.
Chevron was not available for comment.

The company and the Kurdish regional government have agreed on the terms of the deal but have yet to sign it, the official said.
The Iraqi central government has barred Chevron from having oil contracts in central and southern Iraq since the California-based company bought stakes in the two oil-exploration blocks.

(James Herron in London contributed to this report.)
Write to Hassan Hafidh at hassan.hafidh@dowjones.com


Source: Foxbusiness
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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Jan 23 13, 7:14
Kurdistan compensates the owners of lands that contain oil

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Shafaq News / Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) decided on Wednesday, to compensate all farmers who have been affected by the discovery of oil in their lands and have been exploited by oil companies to produce oil.

Sven Dazia, the official spokesman of KRG said in a statement reported for "Shafaq News", that "the Prime Minister of KRG, Nichervan Barzani issued a decision to compensate all the farmers in which oil was discovered in their lands and have been ere taken by foreign oil companies."

"The compensations will include farmers, including those who do not have original documents but the lands have been theirs and inherited from their fathers and grandfathers."

Dazia "According to this decision, the oil companies should pay compensation to the farmers who are the owners of the lands," adding that "several specialized committees have been formed from the concerned ministries to find a mechanism and determine the amount of compensation that will be paid to farmers."

According to this decision these farmers will be compensated in the same time contracts will be signed with them to use their land for the production of oil and their agricultural contracts will continue also with the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources.

It is worth mentioning that many international and local oil companies in Kurdistan Region in the areas of exploration, production and export of oil from oil fields in Kurdistan region, despite objections from the federal government in Baghdad and its continued threats to place them in the black lists and not to deal with it in other parts of Iraq.
Do you know more about the compensation and how these farmers will be helped?
They are not the best educated and I don't want them to get scammed by these companies.
They should get MILLIONS AND MILLIONS and not accept a few hundred thousand dollars. The ground alone is worth more than that!
biji kurd u kurdistan !!
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Haliki/maliki finally gives in to a lucrative oil deal to Exxon, so now iraq is "giving away" its oil ;-) , some iraqi forums were mocking our oil deals with the IOCs as "too lucrative" well now they are kneeing to the supermajor Exxon :lolz:

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Iraqi oil minister: "We have started our preparations for the fifth licensing round, which is going to be with completely different contract shapes that are going to be very attractive to the oil companies."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/23/exxon-iraq-idUSL6N0AS0G520130123
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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haha , he really thought they would asskiss him. It is the opposite! lol
"Kurdino! Bibin yek; eger hûn nebin yek, hûn ê herin yek bi yek." - Cigerxwîn.
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Jan 24 13, 2:05
Kirkuk Governor rejects new oil exploration by BP in Kirkuk.

as the so called constitution says new exploration in disputed areas must be done by consultation with the province the oil exploring is taking place.


it will never happen since there is no iraqi forces in those places, except for Hawija, Asaish and Peshmerga will never protect BP workers and etc thus they will be easy target for terrorists ;) .
How sure are you? I never trusted the Brits and Kurds never had a good relation with the English and will never trust English government. but why do you think British BP is talking with Arabs and not with Kurds? Because Kurds don't want to negotiate with the Brits? Or because the Brits are siding with Arabs…
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They started all this by their childish rhetorics 'oh this is legal that is illegal' they cant even read their own constitution this is who we have to deal with lol, but finally baghdad came out the real losers in the end and were forced to give more lucrative deals to Exxon, and yet Exxon is still staying in Kurdistan so really Barzani once again outsmarted milkano :D

saddam use to take 100% Kurdistan oil and buy weapons to do genocide against us, now we sell the oil keeping 40-70% which i will choose all day, iraq/iran wants to adopt the same policy saddam did, (Nayxon Talla ;) )
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
Jan 24 13, 2:05
Kirkuk Governor rejects new oil exploration by BP in Kirkuk.

as the so called constitution says new exploration in disputed areas must be done by consultation with the province the oil exploring is taking place.


it will never happen since there is no iraqi forces in those places, except for Hawija, Asaish and Peshmerga will never protect BP workers and etc thus they will be easy target for terrorists ;) .
How sure are you? I never trusted the Brits and Kurds never had a good relation with the English and will never trust English government. but why do you think British BP is talking with Arabs and not with Kurds? Because Kurds don't want to negotiate with the Brits? Or because the Brits are siding with Arabs…
it is a long tie, brits has always had relations with iraqis against kurds and they are keeping this till today, but this time things have changed, kurds control 2 third of kirkuk so i wonder how are they going to come in and look for oil if there is no iraqi force to protect them from terrorists ???

they can do all kind of games with iraqs in Hawija but in kurdish districts of Sar Garan, Dibz, Qara Hanjer, Altun kopri, kirkuk city, Laylan and Daquq there is no iraqi unit but the Peshmerga thanks to milkano for creating dijla and unifying all of kurdish parties in KRG which were all over the place before that ;-)

who said milkano was a dictator? no i have a new nickname for him, a "Kurd unifier" :clap
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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Jan 25 13, 4:36
they started all this by their childish rhetorics 'oh this is legal that is illegal' they cant even read their own constitution this is who we have to deal with lol, but finally baghdad came out the real losers in the end and were forced to give more lucrative deals to Exxon, and yet Exxon is still staying in Kurdistan so really Barzani once again outsmarted milkano :-D
Zev razima bremn delal, but I'm talking British BP and their interference in Kirkuk.

EDIT: once again, thank you, you answered my question.
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beyond the redline BP can look for what ever they desire but anything higher than that Peshmerga controls and they have already announced they will NOT protect them and no iraqi unit is allowed into these Kurdish districts
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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But do you think that the Brits have chosen for the Arabs and taking their side one more time over us Kurds?
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Jan 25 13, 4:49
But do you think that the Brits have chosen for the Arabs and taking their side one more time over us Kurds?
yes there is not denying in that, they created this artificial bordered iraq so they feel like they are obliged to it.
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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Thank you you Alan! Would like to read more about Exxon-KRG and what Bagdad has to say haha
Edited by Kinematik, Jan 25 13, 5:25.
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Kurds 'confident' Exxon will honour deal

January 24, 2013

ERBIL-Hewlêr, South Kurdistan 'KRG',— South Kurdistan voiced confidence on Thursday that ExxonMobil would stick to a controversial energy deal after rare talks between the US firm and Baghdad sparked speculation that it would backtrack.

The speculation came as the region announced it had awarded an exploration contract to fellow US energy giant Chevron, amid a long-running dispute between the autonomous South Kurdistan and the central government over oil contracts.

"Kurdistan regional government is confident that ExxonMobil will abide by the contracts that it signed with the region which caused noise with the Iraqi government in Baghdad," Kurdistan prime minister Nechirvan Barzani said at a news conference in Erbil.

"We are confident that ExxonMobil... will abide by its promises."

Barzani's remarks come after Exxon's chief Rex Tillerson met Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Kurdish president Massoud Barzani in successive days.

The rare talks with Maliki sparked speculation Exxon was considering backing off the Kurdish deal for oil exploration, which it signed in October 2011. The contract angered the central government which has said the US firm must choose between its deals with Baghdad and the autonomous region.

Exxon and Anglo-Dutch giant Shell had completed a deal in January 2010 to develop production at West Qurna-1, an oilfield in south Iraq, but late last year the US firm informed Baghdad that it wanted to sell its stake in the project, indicating it would focus on the controversial Kurdish deal.

Massoud Barzani's office, meanwhile, issued a statement on Thursday saying Kurdistan had awarded an exploration block in the south of the three-province region to Chevron.

Chevron executive Jay Pryor "was informed that Chevrons bid for the Qara Dagh exploration area has been successful, and that a contract would soon be finalised," on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the statement said.

The American firm announced in July that it had bought two exploration blocks in Kurdistan, despite Baghdad's protests.

http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/1/state6815.htm
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This is where the Qara Dagh block is :)

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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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Exxon goes into politics

Dont you guys think a hydrocarbon law would be good? iraq can meet their goal of raising export and kurdistan gets more money than the 17% of budget

I think Exxon has maliki by the balls

http://www.iraqoilreport.com/business/companies/analysis-exxon-enters-the-political-fray-9810/
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Chevron decided to expand its activities in Kurdistan and Barzani described its decision as "bold"

Friday, 25 January 2013 12:14

Shafaq News/An American giant oil firm confirmed its commitment to a long-term partnership as well as an intention of an expansion in its activities in South Kurdistan, a government statement reads.

Ashti Hawrami, KRG's natural resources minister said in a statement received by "Shafaq News" that "Chevron group" has been granted a share in the oil field of "Qara dagh".

The statement explained that KRG's president Masoud Barzani met the company's deputy-head during the events of the International economic forum held in the Swiss city of Davos last evening, in which the company expressed its wiliness to expand activities in the region post its short-time development, and showed gratitude to the government of Kurdistan.

For his side, Barzani described the firm's decision as "bold" and announced his government's full support to the company while working in the region.
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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Jan 25 13, 9:02
Exxon goes into politics

Dont you guys think a hydrocarbon law would be good? iraq can meet their goal of raising export and kurdistan gets more money than the 17% of budget

I think Exxon has maliki by the balls

http://www.iraqoilreport.com/business/companies/analysis-exxon-enters-the-political-fray-9810/
Milki add Ahmedi Najat and Assad on top = 1% of Exxon's power. Exxon is the driver of USA's economy so good luck trying to play games with these guys :) .
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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Iraq oil minister says Exxon must choose: Southern Iraq or Kurdistan

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Jan 27 - Iraq has told Exxon Mobil that it must choose between working in the country's southern oilfields or in autonomous Kurdistan, and expects the U.S. oil major to make a final decision in a few days, the oil minister said on Sunday.

"We made it clear to Exxon in the last meeting that the answer we expected from them is to either work in the South Kurdistan or to work in southern Iraq," Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi told reporters in Baghdad.

"Exxon Mobil cannot work in both fields at the same time."

Baghdad says any deals signed with Kurdistan are illegal, but Kurdistan's regional government says the constitution allows it to sign oil agreements with companies like Exxon without permission from the central government.
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here is the response to baghdad never stopping rhetorics

Nechirvan Barzani confirms ExxonMobil's commitment to its work in the region

Exxon Mobil U.S. confirmed its commitment to the oil contract, which signed with the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Prime Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani at a news conference with Bulgarian Foreign Minister, who is visiting the region now to discuss the procedures to open a consulate of his country in Hewlêr , said that "Exxon Mobil and after their visit to Baghdad visited South Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani in Switzerland during the decade of the Davos conference, and stressed their commitment for the oil contracts which they signed with the government of the region, indicating that these contracts signed within the framework of the constitution".
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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there is nothing going on, they are repeating the same old bark "Exxon must either work in south or north" and Exxon has already decided what they would like to do, work in both if not then its game over for west Qurna and milkano :) . they are like a broken chatter box..
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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Actually Iraqis are saying that if you help us to kill Kurds you will get oil for free. Well, don’t Arabs promised that for 100 of years. For hundreds of years Europeans helped Iraqi, Persians and Turks to kill Kurds. And what did the Western world get from those retards in return. Terrorist attacks in New York (9/11) & Al-Qaeda.
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If Arabs don't recognise Israel, the Jews in the Middle East and Jerusalem as the capital of the Jews, the Western world will never ever help Arabs, Turks & Persians against us Kurds!
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