Companies working inside Kurdish territory in northern Iraq report oil export payments in line with historic norms. Photo courtesy of Genel Energy. Nov. 10 (UPI) — Energy companies working inside Kurdish territory in northern Iraq reported payments received by the government for exports that appeared within historic norms. Gulf Keystone Petroleum, which operates the Shaikan oil field in the Kurdish north, reported payments for crude oil exports for July at a gross $15 million. The sales total, of which $12 million is net to Gulf Keystone Petroleum, is consistent with the export payment received by the Kurdistan Regional Government in June. Separately, Norwegian oil and gas company DNO, which operates the Tawke license area in Kurdish territory, reported Friday it received $46.53 million for exports from August. DNO also received another $4.27 million from the KRG, which represents its 3 percent of the Tawke license revenues. DNO shares the […]