![TAWKE, IRAQ: A worker talks on a walkie talkie before measuring the pressure at the Central Processing Facility at the Tawke oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Norwegian oil company DNO is extracting oil in the Kurdish region of Iraq.
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The Tawke oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan. The oil sector accounts for about 80 per cent of income for the Kurdish region. Corbis
The Tawke oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan. The oil sector accounts for about 80 per cent of income for the Kurdish region. Corbis
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