Q&A: Genel Energy's Tony Hayward and Mehmet Sepil

Tony Hayward, co-founder of Vallares Plc, third right, and Mehmet Sepil, then chief executive officer of Genel Energy International Ltd., second right, during the merger discussions in London, on Sept. 7, 2011. The company officially merged on Nov. 21. (ANDREW PARSONS/Parsons Media/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

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Iraqis are being removed from their Baghdad neighborhood because their homes were illegally built near an oil pipeline. (CARMEN GENTILE/Iraq Oil Report)

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Q&A: Genel Energy's Tony Hayward and Mehmet Sepil

Tony Hayward, co-founder of Vallares Plc, third right, and Mehmet Sepil, then chief executive officer of Genel Energy International Ltd., second right, during the merger discussions in London, on Sept. 7, 2011. The company officially merged on Nov. 21. (ANDREW PARSONS/Parsons Media/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

The leaders of the new Genel Energy talk to reporters about prospects in KRG and beyond, life with Exxon, and sanctity of their deals.