Iraq’s federal court ruled that a law which allowed the Kurdistan Regional Government to pump and profit off its own oil reserves is unconstitutional. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Ben Van Heuvelen, editor-in-chief of Iraq Oil Report, about the significance of this ruling and what it could mean for Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government.
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