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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraqi Federal Court Deems Kurdish Oil and Gas Law Unconstitutional

Iraqi technicians at work on oil fields. (AFP)

Iraq's federal court on Tuesday deemed an oil and gas law regulating the oil industry in Iraqi Kurdistan unconstitutional, according to a document seen by Reuters.

The Kurdish regional government (KRG) has been developing oil and gas resources independently of the federal government, and in 2007 enacted its own law that established the directives by which the region would administer these resources.

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