Iraq’s oil minister has proposed creating a company to manage upstream and export operations in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region as Erbil and Baghdad hammer out an agreement to resolve their oil dispute. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The proposed company would be technically and administratively linked to the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal oil ministry, Ihsan Ismaael told the state-owned Iraqi News Agency Oct. 13. There is a positive understanding between Erbil and Baghdad regarding the production and exports of Kurdish oil as part of ongoing negotiations over the region’s oil policy. Erbil and Baghdad have a long running dispute over the distribution of oil revenue and the independent […]