Iraq’s Parliament to Discuss New Bill on Oil Exports

The federal Parliament of Iraq is set to discuss next week the new bill on oil exports, a Kurdish MP told Kurdistan24, adding he was optimistic an agreement with all parties, including the Shiite ones, can be reached. The federal government of Iraq and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan have been at odds about Kurdistan’s oil exports and revenues for a decade now. Kurdistan’s oil production of about 450,000 barrels per day (bpd) has been shut-in for a year and a half now, after a legal decision in March 2023 and a row on who and…