Israeli and U.S. oil refinerieshave joined the growing list of customers for crude from IraqiKurdistan, a region locked in a bitter struggle with the centralgovernment in Baghdad that says the sales are illegal. The United States imported its first crude cargo from theregion two weeks ago while at least four have gone to Israelsince January, ship tracking and industry sources said, aftertwo were shipped there last summer. The Iraqi government has repeatedly said oil salesby-passing Baghdad are illegal and has threatened to sue anycompany involved in the trade, yet Kurdish crude and lightcondensate oil has been sold to several European buyers. Baghdadrefuses to sell oil to Israel, echoing other Arab states. Israel’s Energy […]