Kurdistan Halts Pipeline Exports Over Payment Dispute

摘要

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of northern Iraq has thrown down the gauntlet to Baghdad by suspending all exports of crude oil via the pipeline that runs from the disputed region of Kirkuk to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. In an escalating war of words, Iraq's energy supremo accused the Kurds of "smuggling" billions of dollars worth of oil to neighboring Iran.