The largest oil producer in Iraqi Kurdistan is confident that the region will maintain independent pipeline exports unimpeded by the violence and political turmoil engulfing the country. The Kurdistan regional government has loaded five cargoes in Ceyhan, Turkey , and two have been sold and paid for, Julian Metherell, chief financial officer at Genel Energy Plc (GENL) , said in an interview today. One went to Singapore and one to Israel , he said. A third is docked off the U.S., where it’s the subject of a legal dispute with Iraq ’s federal government. Genel, the London-based explorer led by former BP Plc (BP/) Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward , said that production rose to a record level in the first half and operations haven’t been affected by the fighting between Islamic militants and the Kurdish military known as Peshmerga. The company expects to export more than 20,000 barrels […]