Iraq’s Kurdistan region presidency rejects federal court’s oil and gas ruling

The Kurdistan Region’s presidency in Iraq rejected on Monday a federal court ruling on its oil and gas activities, and said the region would continue to exercise its constitutional rights on the matter. 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. The Kurdistan region produced 425,000 barrels per day of oil in January, according to a document by state-owned marketer Somo seen by Reuters.