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Iraqi oil experts weigh in on KRG-Baghdad deal

A collection of Iraqi oil experts outside of government have sent an open letter to the Iraqi Parliament, just as it takes up a draft budget that incorporates the Dec. 2 deal between Baghdad and Erbil.
A worker walks on an oil pipeline at the Khurmala Dome formation of the Kirkuk oil field on Dec. 13, 2013. (STRINGER/Reuters)

The cooperative oil export and revenue-sharing deal reached by leaders in Baghdad and Erbil on Dec. 2 has been promoted as the last chance to end a decade of acrimony over oil policy.

The Cabinet has now embedded its terms into the 2015 draft budget law, which is now being considered by Parliament.

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