There may be the equivalent of one billion barrels of oil under Kurdish land . The KRG began exporting small amounts of crude oil in trucks last year , but the pipeline to Ceyhan gives it the opportunity to scale up . Iran opposes sales as a destabilizing factor . The Kurdish government needs cash quickly . Iraq is ` ` ' apart , '' the country 's President says .
There may be the equivalent of one billion barrels of oil under Kurdish land . Iran opposes sales as a destabilizing factor . The Kurdish government needs cash quickly . Iraq is ` ` ' apart , '' the country 's President says .