Both the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the federal government of Iraq have been in dispute over the production and export of oil from the region for nearly 16 years. After the KRG passed the Oil and Gas Law in 2007, it began to sign oil contracts with foreign companies.

Here is a publication regarding "the Burdens and Consequences of Economic Independence for Kurdistan’s Regional Government", published by Draw Media Organization. Its available now in (English, Arabic, Kurdish). 

- The Burdens and Consequences of Economic Independence for Kurdistan’s Regional Government:

- تداعيات وأثار الاقتصاد المستقل

- بارگرانی و لێكەوتەكانی ئابوری سەربەخۆ