MESOP : PUK’S BEST FRIEND – Iran searches for oil on Kurdish borders
18.07.2014 – Idris Ahmed – BasNews, Iran – Iran’s Oil Ministry has begun a search for oil on Kurdistan’s borders and have so far found a number of promising areas.
Member of Energy Committee of the Iranian Parliament Saed Haidari Tayyib stated that in Qasri Shirin, at the Parwezkahn border crossing near Kalar city, they have found numbers of oil fields. The ministry has not revealed anything regarding he exact extraction method to be used, but they will explore all options. The Iranian Director of Oil Research explained that the Zagros area is rich in hydrocarbon, and that they will have to start extracting oil there soon.