My article “The KRG and Iraq: The Time of Oil Diplomacy” has been published on November 16, 2017 by Ekurd Daily,
a news portal analyzing Iraqi Kurdistan. The article is exclusive to
Ekurd Daily.
November 16, 2017
LONDON, United Kingdom
ABSTRACT —
The article discusses in a
neutral way the current tense political relationship between the Kurdistan
Regional Government (K.R.G.) and Iraq proper with specific attention given to
the repercussions that a strained relationship might have for the K.R.G. oil
and gas industry. All the assertive steps implemented by the federal
government in October 2017 and in the first weeks of November 2017—in
particular, retaking control of the oil fields in and around the Kirkuk area—must
be viewed in light of the necessity of stabilizing the country on a long-term
perspective. The K.R.G. has now a de facto control over oil and gas fields located only in the K.R.G.
territory, although the federal government currently disputes again the
legitimacy of these oil and gas operations, which are carried out according to
production sharing contracts (P.S.C.s) while the federal government favors technical service contracts (T.S.C.s).
BACCI, A., The K.R.G. and Iraq: The Time of Oil Diplomacy, in Ekurd Daily, Nov. 16, 2017.
BACCI, A., The K.R.G. and Iraq: The Time of Oil Diplomacy, in Ekurd Daily, Nov. 16, 2017.