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World Business Report: Iraqi Kurdistan Widens Control over Northern Oilfields

13/06/2014

Iraqi Kurdistan Widens Control over Northern Oilfields

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Iraqi Kurdistan Widens Control over Northern Oilfields

As ISIS insurgents threaten Baghdad, Iraqi Kurdistan seizes control of oil rich Kirkuk

As ISIS insurgents threaten Baghdad, forces from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have taken control of Kirkuk and nearby oilfields.

The turmoil in Iraq has put the nation's oil industry in the spotlight, as forces from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have taken control of Kirkuk and nearby oilfields. Peter Kernan, from the Economist Intelligence Unit explains how the Kurds have already been trying to get control of their oil away from Baghdad and export it through Turkey.

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