Gazprom has said that it is interested in working further in the oil and gas sector in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Following a meeting in St. Petersburg between the Russian company’s Chairman, Alexei Miller [Alexey Miller] (pictured), and KRG President Massoud Barzani, Gazprom issued a statement saying, “in particular, the parties discussed the progress with interaction in oil and gas field exploration, development and operation“.

Gazprom Neft, the oil subsidiary of Gazprom, is in the process of exploration activity in the Garmian and Shakal blocks in the southern regions of the Kurdish territories.