Disputed KRG oil cargo stands offshore
Kurdistan Region of Iraq On Monday, the judge ordered that the oil is to be seized if it came into Texas waters after Iraqi federal officials filed a complaint saying the oil had been illegally exported.
Under the Iraqi constitution, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq claims the right to export oil from the autonomous region and has built its own pipeline to Turkey to facilitate exports.
The US supports a unified Iraq but the Kurdistan Region has expressed a desire to seek independence. Options remain for the tanker, which could try to offload in another country or another state of the US.
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