Iraq's crude sales held steady month-on-month despite minor disruptions apparently stemming from the Israel-Iran war.
Budget transfers to Kurdistan have been frozen since May as negotiations to restart oil exports falter.
Attack on HKN-operated Sarsang field coincides with the company's signing of a preliminary upstream deal with the federal Oil Ministry.
Longtime energy MP talks about U.S. pressure on Baghdad and Erbil, the blame he places on KRG oil tactics, and the upside of the sitting oil minister entering elections.
