Iraq considering BP proposal for Kirkuk oilfield

  • Iraq: Saturday, January 19 - 2013 at 01:47

Iraqi oil ministry is considering a proposal for British Petroleum (BP) to begin work on Kirkuk oil field that lies in territory contested by Baghdad and the country's Kurdish minority, the Associated Press has reported. "If the Cabinet approves ... to initiate discussions, we'll proceed with this with BP," said the head of the ministry's petroleum contracts and licensing division, Abdul-Mahdi al-Ameedi, He declined to discuss the terms of the project, and stressed that formal negotiations have yet to begin. The Kurdish regional government criticized the BP plan as unconstitutional, insisting that work on existing fields must also include input from the Kirkuk provincial administration and the Kurds.

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