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KRG oil minister slams national counterpart

Ashti Hawrami blames Hussain al-Shahristani for preventing 100K bpd in oil exports and calls Ministry of Oil’s dealings with international oil companies “illegal.”

By Ben Lando of Iraq Oil Report
Published April 22, 2009

Ashti Hawrami, natural resources minister for the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, says in response to news of delays in Baghdad’s oil deal bids the national oil policy has failed and justifies the KRG’s efforts.

KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami (source: Ben Lando)

Hawrami issued a sweeping statement hammering his Baghdad counterpart, Iraq Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, released ...

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