Under pressure from Baghdad, Kurds offer limited exports
As U.S. mediators work to broker a temporary export deal between Erbil and Baghdad, Kurdistan has pledged to pump 100,000 bpd through federal channels.
Then-Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani (L), now Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, with KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani during a Nov. 24, 2008 press conference in Erbil following meetings aimed at coming to an agreement over the KRG's oil contracts and exports. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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