Rosneft boosts Moscow's footprint in Iraqi Kurdistan with gas export pipeline play

摘要

Rosneft is expanding its footprint in troubled Iraqi Kurdistan by pursuing a deal to finance the development of a gas pipeline to supply Kurdish gas to domestic and export markets. The Russian major this week held gas pipeline talks with the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq (KRG), building on agreements in June to develop an oil export pipeline in the unstable but hydrocarbons-rich region.