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Under pressure from Baghdad, Kurds offer limited exports

As U.S. mediators work to broker a temporary export deal between Erbil and Baghdad, Kurdistan has pledged to pump 100,000 bpd through federal channels.
Then-Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani (L), now Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, with KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani during a Nov. 24, 2008 press conference in Erbil following meetings aimed at coming to an agreement over the KRG's oil contracts and exports. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region said it will begin contributing 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) to the country's national oil exports starting April 1, in an effort to revive stalled negotiations with Baghdad over oil policy.

"As a goodwill gesture, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has offered to make a contribution to Iraq oil pipeline exports to give the negotiations the maximum chance of success," said KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani in a statement issued Thursday. "The KRG has not set any preconditions for this initiative."

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