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Updated: May 15, 2022

Kurdish Forces Seize Oil Wells From Iraqi Control

By Quadri Adejumo
May 15, 2022
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Forces from the regional Kurdish government have taken control of some oil wells in northern Kirkuk, Iraq's state-run North Oil Company said on Sunday.

Reuters reports that the forces arrived with a technical team from the Kurdish region and took over some of the oil wells in the Bai Hassan oilfield, which is controlled by the North Oil Company.

The Kurdistan Regional Government denied this in a statement on its official website and it said all allegations and rumours which claimed that the regional government had occupied and taken over oilfields in Bai Hassan with the support of an armed force is force.

It added, "Public wealth is owned by all Iraqis according to the Iraqi constitution and not one company. If it (North Oil Company) was keen to solve problems, there must be a legislation of the oil and gas law based on the constitution".

It also said such accusations were aimed at creating chaos.