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In its first meeting, a special committee has designated two of its members – the oil ministers from Baghdad and the KRG – to write legislation that could structure Iraq's oil sector.

Luaibi, Hawrami to lead oil law negotiations

Luaibi, Hawrami to lead oil law negotiations
An employee works at the Tawke oil field on May 31, 2009 in Dohuk province, the last time Kurdish exports re-started. (MUHANNAD FALA’AH/Getty Images)
By Ben Van Heuvelen and Staff of Iraq Oil Report
Published Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

Iraq's latest attempt to jump-start the passage of oil legislation will again rest in the hands of Oil Minister Abdul Karim Luaibi and Kurdistan's Minister of Natural Resources, Ashti Hawrami, following the first meeting of a special Parliament committee tasked with negotiating a new draft law.The five-member committee, which also includes three parliamentarians representing Iraq's major political blocs, agreed Sunday that Luaibi and Hawrami should hold private talks and then return to the o...

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