IRAQ
 
KRG Investors Plough On Despite Rising Tensions
 
By Rafiq Latta
 
Rising tensions between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Baghdad that have seen both sides mobilize troops and face off over disputed territories and oil have prompted the Kurds to cut exports. But at a conference in the Kurdish capital of Irbil earlier this month, a number of foreign oil investors unveiled development plans, that if green lighted, should lay the foundations of...