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	<title>Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel &#187; Kurdistan Oil</title>
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		<title>As Kurdistan hits new export levels, where now for foreign oil companies and oil revenues?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/04/as-kurdistan-hits-new-export-levels-where-now-for-foreign-oil-companies-and-oil-revenues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2015 00:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to recent reports, the oil output of the Kurdistan Region hit an unprecedented rate of 650,000 barrels per day. Dubbed by some as the last great oil frontier, Kurdistan is estimated to have 40 billion barrels of oil reserves that saw a flock of junior to mid-size oil companies and later oil majors to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>As oil deal with Baghdad threatens to unravel, Kurdistan must decide – is oil to be their curse or treasure?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/03/as-oil-deal-with-baghdad-threatens-to-unravel-kurdistan-must-decide-is-oil-to-be-their-curse-or-treasure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2015 00:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The backdrop to a raging battle with the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq is a raging political battle for control of the vast oil wealth of the country. The billions of barrels of oil reserves under the Iraqi feet should be a real treasure and a divine gift but it has proven much more of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>European tour amidst first oil exports highlight growing recognition and support of Kurdistan</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/06/european-tour-amidst-first-oil-exports-highlight-growing-recognition-and-support-of-kurdistan/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/06/european-tour-amidst-first-oil-exports-highlight-growing-recognition-and-support-of-kurdistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost as soon as the Kurds announced their first direct export of oil via Ceyhan in Turkey, Kurdistan President Massaud Barzani embarked on a tour of Europe starting in France before a visit to Rome, where talks were hosted between Pope Francis and Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, with the Kurdistan flag in full view. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Maliki’s economic siege of Kurdistan shows that the only true friend of the region is the Kurds himself</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/03/malikis-economic-siege-of-kurdistan-shows-that-the-only-true-friend-of-the-region-is-the-kurds-himself/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/03/malikis-economic-siege-of-kurdistan-shows-that-the-only-true-friend-of-the-region-is-the-kurds-himself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 00:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Erbil-Baghdad crisis reached new lows, Kurdistan President Massaud Barzani warned that the actions of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki amounted to &#8220;a declaration of war against the people of Kurdistan.&#8221; With an increasingly independent oil infrastructure, all that remains between practical independence is control of oil revenues. Baghdad knows this very well and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurdish oil rift with Baghdad &#8211; not just a case of economy but political leverage and autonomy</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/02/kurdish-oil-rift-with-baghdad-not-just-a-case-of-economy-but-political-leverage-and-autonomy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2014 00:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Iraqi federal government after months of negotiations failed to find a breakthrough over the issues of oil exports from Kurdistan, revenue sharing and the national budget. The KRG was quick to refute claims by Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for energy Hussain al-Shahristani that Kurdistan had agreed to exports [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Familiar dispute over Iraqi federal budget in 2014 but the Kurds are armed with new leverage</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/01/familiar-dispute-over-iraqi-federal-budget-in-2014-but-the-kurds-are-armed-with-new-leverage/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/01/familiar-dispute-over-iraqi-federal-budget-in-2014-but-the-kurds-are-armed-with-new-leverage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perennial disputes over the Iraqi federal budget between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Baghdad are almost expected.  According to the Iraqi constitution, the Kurdistan Region is entitled to a 17% share, but Kurds argue this is never the true figure. It was hardly surprising therefore that the Iraqi cabinet recently passed a budget bill [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary for Vo Tima Newspaper (Greece)</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/01/commentary-for-vo-tima-newspaper-greece/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/01/commentary-for-vo-tima-newspaper-greece/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greek Version (English version below) Ο πετρελαιοκίνητος εθνικισμός των Κούρδων Τούρκοι και κούρδοι ηγέτες έθεσαν σε εφαρμογή μια ενεργειακή συμφωνία που υπόσχεται να ενισχύσει την ημιαυτόνομη περιοχή του ιρακινού Κουρδιστάν με μια ανεξάρτητη ροή εσόδων από το πετρέλαιο «Καύσιμο για την ανεξαρτησία» Δημοσιογράφος και αναλυτής του Ekurd.net μιλάει στο «Βήμα» «Τα εκατομμύρια βαρέλια του πετρελαίου [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Signed, tested, flowing and ready for world markets – Kurds will sell oil via new pipeline with or without Baghdad</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/01/signed-tested-flowing-and-ready-for-world-markets-kurds-will-sell-oil-via-new-pipeline-with-or-without-baghdad/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/01/signed-tested-flowing-and-ready-for-world-markets-kurds-will-sell-oil-via-new-pipeline-with-or-without-baghdad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new pipeline linking crude oil from Kurdistan to the Turkish port of Ceyhan is signed, tested, flowing and ready to be presented to world markets. The only hitch appears to be elusive thumbs-up from Baghdad to officially dispatch and sell the oil. However, having come so far from numerous contracts signed between Erbil and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurdistan oil pipeline cuts the remaining umbilical cord of Baghdad</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/11/kurdistan-oil-pipeline-cuts-the-remaining-umbilical-cord-of-baghdad/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/11/kurdistan-oil-pipeline-cuts-the-remaining-umbilical-cord-of-baghdad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=540</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A consistent bone of contention between the Kurdistan Region and Baghdad has been oil resources. The heated debates around exploration rights, revenue sharing and interpretation of constitutional clauses have seen the issue go round in circles for several years. The jostle for control of oil has only grown as oil majors have flocked to Kurdistan, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>As the oil dispute heats up, time for Obama and the US to come off the fence in Iraq</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2012/06/as-the-oil-dispute-heats-up-time-for-obama-and-the-us-to-come-off-the-fence-in-iraq/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2012/06/as-the-oil-dispute-heats-up-time-for-obama-and-the-us-to-come-off-the-fence-in-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In many ways, the US adventure in Iraq was marked by failure. Billions of dollars, thousands of lives and countless years later, and the Iraq of day is not much different to that of 2003. The US had the painstaking task of stitching warring factions, striving for its elusive goal of national reconciliation and playing [&#8230;]]]></description>
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