Baghdad blacklists TPAO without explanation
Amidst rising tension between Baghdad and Ankara, Turkish state firm TPAO has been removed from a southern Iraq exploration contract it was awarded five months ago.
Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz (R) speaks at a joint news conference with Hussain al-Shahristani, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs in Baghdad March 28, 2011. (MOHAMMED AMEEN/Reuters)
Iraq has expelled the Turkish Petroleum Company (TPAO) from the exploration contract it was awarded five months ago.
The government offered no reasoning behind the decision, but it appears that regional politics are to blame.
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