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BP extends olive branch to Kirkuk over field development

CEO Bob Dudley's visit with Kirkuk and Baghdad leaders may clear the path for progress on BP's reservoir consultancy, and ultimately its long-term development of the Kirkuk field.
Then-NOC Director General Sameer al-Taie (background) joins then-Oil Minister Abdel Karim Luaibi (second from right) and Kirkuk province Gov. Najmaldin Karim (right) in welcoming BP CEO Bob Dudley (left) before a meeting on Nov. 6, 2013. (MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images)

KIRKUK - BP CEO Bob Dudley met with the Kirkuk governor on Wednesday in an attempt to remove local opposition to developing the field that has been a key flashpoint of Iraq's territorial disputes.

Dudley and Oil Minister Abdul Karim Luaibi met with Governor Najmaldin Karim and other Kirkuk provincial government officials in Kirkuk, and went to the state-run North Oil Company's (NOC) headquarters for a briefing on Kirkuk field development plans. The delegation then traveled to Baghdad to meet with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani.

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