The Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan (APIKUR) has spoken out condemning attacks on oil production sites operated by APIKUR member companies in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region that occurred on July 15 and July 16, 2025.
IOCs active in Iraqi Kurdistan finally yielded to Baghdad’s calls for oil sales to be handled by SOMO.
For China, a fractious independent Kurdistan with strong former ties to the U.S. would make the administration of Iraq’s oil and gas sector much more difficult.
Despite controlling Iraqi Kurdistan’s oil sector post-2017 independence vote, Russia prefers to work with Baghdad’s central government.