JWing
02-13-2011, 09:11 AM
As part of the deal cut between the central and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) for the latter to resume oil exports, the Kurds promised to crackdown on oil smuggling to Iran (http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFRAS94519720110119). On February 3, 2011 it was reported that crude began to flow out of Kurdistan (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/03/iraq-oil-kurds-idUKLDE7120K020110203) to the northern pipeline headed towards foreign markets. The next day, a reporter for Al Jazeera traveled to one of the main border crossings along the Iraq-Iran border and found dozens of tanker trucks (http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/04/tanker-trucks-line-north-iraq-iran-border) lined up ready to go to Iran.
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