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The Kirkuk Ceyhan pipeline crosses territory taken by Islamic State militants in 2014 and recaptured by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces over the past two years.

Iraq. OPEC’s second-largest producer. had approached PetroChina and Exxon Mobil about investing in the project.

Royal Dutch Shell said last month it had agreed with Iraq’s oil ministry to relinquish operations at the Majnoon field to the government after unfavorable changes to fiscal terms.

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has called on Ankara and Tehran to close checkpoints at the border with Iraqi Kurdistan.

The region was retaken from Islamic State militants in August 2016. two months before the launch of an offensive on the city of Mosul itself.

The region was retaken from Islamic State militants in August 2016. two months before the launch of an offensive on the city of Mosul itself.

Oil exports serve as the KRG’s main source of income.

The Turkish President has already warned against the holding of the referendum which he fears will draw Turkish Kurds into a future conflict.

Kurdish oil production has been dominated by mid-sized oil companies such as Genel. DNO. Gulf Keystone and Dana Gas.

Kirkuk is not one of the three provinces that have been part of the autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq since 2003.