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Heightened Geopolitical Risks in the Middle East and Potential Impacts on Oil Markets

Heightened Geopolitical Risks in the Middle East and Potential Impacts on Oil Markets

Full Title: Heightened Geopolitical Risks in the Middle East and Potential Impacts on Oil Markets
Author(s): Bassam Fattouh
Publisher(s): Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Publication Date: February 1, 2018
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Description (excerpt):

The defeat of ISIS reopened an old dispute between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government. Baghdad retaking Kirkuk in October meant that KRG lost almost half its oil output.

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