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As Kurdistan oil booms, deal-making accelerates

As Kurdistan oil booms, deal-making accelerates
Workers at the Gulf Keystone Petroleum production facility at Shaikan in Iraq's Kurdistan region. (SEBASTIAN MEYER/Metrography/Iraq Oil Report)
By Patrick Osgood, Ben Lando and Ben Van Heuvelen of Iraq Oil Report
Published Monday, December 3rd, 2012

A decade after Iraqi Kurdish leaders signed their first oil contract, the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is poised to play host to what could be the industry's biggest asset bazaar ever.In the latest developments, announced late Friday night, Abu Dhabi's national oil company TAQA bought a stake in the Atrush exploration block from American independent Aspect Energy. TAQA also sold its 20 percent share of the KRG-focused Canadian firm Western Zagros.There is more deal...

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