MESOP LATEST : Oil fields remain beyond reach of frontline fight
By BEN LANDO, RAWAZ TAHIR, KAMARAN AL-NAJAR AND STAFF of Iraq Oil Report
Published Monday, August 11th, 2014 – American air strikes helped Kurdish forces take back two key towns from anti-government fighters who were threatening key oil installations and the city of Erbil.
If militants had been able to hold the towns of Guair and Makhmour, they would have had a direct path to the Khurmala Dome oil field a dozen kilometers away.But the frontline has thus far been successfully held by Kurdish fighters, in coordination with American and Iraqi forces, here In the cradle of the oil industry in Iraq. http://www.iraqoilreport.com/news/oil-fields-remain-beyond-reach-frontline-fight-12912/?utm_source=IOR+Email+Update+Subscribers&utm_campaign=fd8e7156af-Email_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f9870911e6-fd8e7156af-192857697