Iraq warns of legal action if Kurdistan blocks oil exports

Iraq warns of legal action if Kurdistan blocks oil exports Iraq warned it may pursue legal action if authorities in the Kurdistan region block crude exports through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, the oil ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry added that resuming flows through the pipeline could help mitigate the impact of any potential disruption to oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. People walk near farmland by the Zubair oil field as gas flares rise in the distance, in Zubair Mishrif, Basra, Iraq, amid regi