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KRG oil minister slams national counterpart

Ashti Hawrami blames Hussain al-Shahristani for preventing 100K bpd in oil exports and calls Ministry of Oil’s dealings with international oil companies “illegal.”

Ashti Hawrami, natural resources minister for the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, says in response to news of delays in Baghdad’s oil deal bids the national oil policy has failed and justifies the KRG’s efforts.

Hawrami issued a sweeping statement hammering his Baghdad counterpart, Iraq Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, released when asked to comment on reports Baghdad’s oil and gas field bidding round would be delayed:

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