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'Goodwill initiative' comes amidst controversy, after Kurdistan signed deals with three majors in two weeks.

Kurds restart exports, extending olive branch

Kurds restart exports, extending olive branch
Kurdistan Regional Government Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami speaks at the CWC Iraq Petroleum conference in 2010. (Photo credit: CWC)
By Ben Lando of Iraq Oil Report
Published Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region will send 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) into the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline this month, billing its move as a "goodwill initiative" to help solve payment disputes and re-start broader oil negotiations with Baghdad.In a statement by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) released Wednesday, Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami said exports would start this week, from the Tawke field operated by Norway's DNO, the Taq Taq field operated by Anglo-Turkish G...

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