Iraq: Kurdish Peshmerga forces seize oil refineries, oil fields of Kirkuk and Bai Hassan
The Iraqi Oil Ministry confirmed on Friday that Kurdish Peshmerga forces had seized the plants that produce crude oil in the fields of Kirkuk and Bai Hassan, warning of the danger of this irresponsible behavior, which it considers an encroachment on the Constitution, the national wealth and a disregard for the Federal authority.
A press release from the Iraqi Oil Ministry received by IraqiNews.com, said that “the oil ministry condemns strongly what was done by the groups of Kurdish Peshmerga forces to seize control of power plants to produce crude oil in the fields of Kirkuk and Bai Hassan dawn of Friday.”