Most of the international oil companies working in the Kurdish north of Iraq are back to normal operations, the semiautonomous Kurdish government said. The influx of militants with the group calling itself the Islamic State prompted some oil and natural gas companies working in northern Iraq to pull staff from the region as a security precaution. The Peshmerga, a Kurdish military force, has been able to keep the northern region relatively secured and some companies have returned to service . “Kurdistan’s oil and gas infrastructure remains unaffected by the operations against terrorists,” the Kurdish Ministry of Natural Resources said in a Wednesday statement. “All security forces are aware of oil and gas assets and are committed to continuing to protect them.” British energy company Gulf […]