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SOMO Threatens Legal Action On KRG Exports
 
Iraqi state marketer SOMO is threatening to sue the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) for allowing Anglo-Turkish crude oil sales by Turkish oil firm Genel Energy to Turkey since last month. Genel’s trucking of up to 20,000 b/d was green lighted by the Kurds after the cessation of KRG crude exports via SOMO following a payment dispute (MEES, 21 December 2012). The Genel trucking operation from its Taq...