Kurdistan in Talks to Import Gas from Iran

Kurdish government is negotiating to buy Iranian gas and have Kurdish oil refined across the border, an official from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) told Rudaw.

The gas will be for household use and to generate power, the official said.

He said the KRG also wants Iran to refine Kurdish oil and send it back for domestic use, Rudow reported on Friday. 

Talks on the deals began this week when an Iranian delegation visited Kurdistan. It was led by Rostam Ghasemi, head of the Iran-Iraq trade mission and included Manuchehir Ardistani, advisor to Iran’s oil minister and Azizullah Rafzani, head of Iran’s national gas company.