The Oil Ministry has expanded the scope of its Kirkuk deal with BP to include major oil assets currently managed by the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) – adding a new layer of political intrigue around the British super-major’s return to northern Iraq. In an amended Letter of Intent (LoI) signed Monday in Basra, BP agreed to help the state-run North Oil Company (NOC) formulate a holistic plan for developing every major field in Kirkuk, according to Abdul Mahdy al-Ameedi, the director general of the Oil Ministry’s Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate (PCLD). […]