There is no ban in the United States on the sale or transfer of oil from any part of Iraq, a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department said. The crude oil tanker United Kalavryta, carrying 1 million barrels of crude from the Kurdish north of Iraq, is at anchor off the coast of Texas out of U.S. jurisdiction. The federal Iraqi government filed a case in the U.S. courts against the possible unilateral sale of oil from the semiautonomous Kurdish north of Iraq in the U.S. market. Washington has sided with Baghdad in the assertion that sales of Iraqi oil must go through the federal Iraqi government, arguing Kurdish oil sales are in violation of the Iraqi constitution. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters Thursday the government’s policy position was clearly in line with Baghdad’s. The issue should be resolved in a manner consistent with the Iraqi constitution, […]