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Iraq is on track to produce nearly six million barrels of crude per day by 2030.

Kirkuk is one of the largest oilfields in the Middle East. estimated to contain around nine billion barrels of recoverable oil.

Iraq'.s monthly oil revenues rose 27.4 percent in November compared with September.

The federal government has sent troops into areas around Kirkuk and soldiers haven’t entered the city boundaries.

The Kurds have repeatedly called for negotiations following the referendum in which an overwhelming majority voted for independence.

Iraqi forces captured Mosul from Islamic State in July. after a grueling nine-month U.S.-backed offensive with the participation of Kurdish Peshmerga.

The government'.s latest move allows Baghdad to export crude without depending on Kurdish region.

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.

Russia’s rise came as U.S. policy makers grew preoccupied with Asia. and the American public tired of Middle East wars – something both Obama and Trump acknowledged.

Vladimir Putin hopes first official trip by Saudi monarch to Moscow will seal powerful new alliance centered on oil and conflicts in the Gulf states.