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Regional government formed in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2006 by bringing together the previously [[Kurdistan Democratic Party|KDP]] controlled governerates of Dohuk and Erbil with the [[Patriotic Union of Kurdistan|PUK controlled governorate of Suleimanieh.
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Regional government formed in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2006 by bringing together the previously [[Kurdistan Democratic Party|KDP]] controlled governerates of Dohuk and Erbil with the [[Patriotic Union of Kurdistan|PUK]] controlled governorate of Suleimanieh.
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==Issues==
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===Oil===
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The [[Kurdistan Regional Government]] began signing its own oil deals deals before an oil law had been agreed by the central Government angering some in Baghdad.
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::While the debate continues, the [[Kurdistan Regional Government]] is pushing ahead. In 2002, at the suggestion of [[Jalal Talabani]], the Kurdish leader who is now Iraq's president, the Turkish conglomerate [[Cukurova Group]] set up an oil unit called [[Genel Enerji]] to look for oil in Kurdistan. Genel signed a production-sharing agreement in July 2002 and took over the Taq Taq oil field in February 2003 on the eve of the U.S-led invasion. It signed another exploration contract in July 2005. A Norwegian firm, [[DNO]], and a Canadian firm, [[Heritage Oil]], also struck exploration and production deals in the Kurdish region.<ref>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/1200816761.html?dids=1200816761:1200816761&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+24%2C+2007&author=Steven+Mufson+-+Washington+Post+Staff+Writer&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=D.1&desc=Iraq+Struggles+to+Finish+Oil+Law%3B+Forging+an+Agreement+Requires+Balancing+Sharply+Divided+Interests%2C+Ethnic+Groups Iraq Struggles to Finish Oil Law; Forging an Agreement Requires Balancing Sharply Divided Interests, Ethnic Groups], by [[Steven Mufson]], [[Washington Post]], 24 January 2007.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 21:41, 27 April 2008

Regional government formed in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2006 by bringing together the previously KDP controlled governerates of Dohuk and Erbil with the PUK controlled governorate of Suleimanieh.

Issues

Oil

The Kurdistan Regional Government began signing its own oil deals deals before an oil law had been agreed by the central Government angering some in Baghdad.

While the debate continues, the Kurdistan Regional Government is pushing ahead. In 2002, at the suggestion of Jalal Talabani, the Kurdish leader who is now Iraq's president, the Turkish conglomerate Cukurova Group set up an oil unit called Genel Enerji to look for oil in Kurdistan. Genel signed a production-sharing agreement in July 2002 and took over the Taq Taq oil field in February 2003 on the eve of the U.S-led invasion. It signed another exploration contract in July 2005. A Norwegian firm, DNO, and a Canadian firm, Heritage Oil, also struck exploration and production deals in the Kurdish region.[1]

Website

People

President

2006 Cabinet

Dr Ashti A. Hawrami Minister for Natural Resources

Dr Dakheel Saeed Khudhur Minister for the Region

  • ↑ Iraq Struggles to Finish Oil Law; Forging an Agreement Requires Balancing Sharply Divided Interests, Ethnic Groups, by Steven Mufson, Washington Post, 24 January 2007.
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