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Oil autonomy spreading to Iraq’s provinces

Inspired by Kurdistan's independent oil sector, Wasit and Salahaddin provinces have signed politically risky exploration deals with small international companies.
An oil worker walks past a line of trucks used for conducting seismic survey at the al-Ahdab oil field in Wasit province on March 11, 2009. (THAIER AL-SUDANI/Reuters)
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