ERBIL - Iraq's top energy official threatened Saturday to oust ExxonMobil from the super-giant West Qurna 1 oil field, after the super major signed deals for six blocks in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
Baghdad considers illegal all oil deals made without central government approval. Former Oil Minister and current Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani has enforced a strict blacklist policy, banning any firms signed with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) from oil deals with the central government.
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