Crude output remains well below capacity as the Oil Ministry continues to curtail state-operated fields.
Energy
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Bashir Murad oversaw fields in the far reaches of northwest Iraq while developing high-level credentials with Baghdad.
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Over several years, Iraqi Kurdistan has become a key market for Syrian crude and provider of refined fuel – a trade worth tens of millions of dollars per month.
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Oil production and exports are stable in the short term, with potentially significant supply and demand disruptions if outbreak isn't contained.
