state.gov - Daily Press Briefing - December 11, 2012We don’t support oil exports from any part of Iraq without the appropriate approval of the Iraqi Government, and we’re calling on the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government to continue to try to work through their differences. We also call on neighboring states to similarly avoid any action or comment that can contribute in any way to increasing tensions.
Turkey weighs pivotal oil deal with Iraqi Kurdistan - The Washington PostKeeping Iraq united
Obama administration officials as high-ranking as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have advocated against such moves, according to the Turkish officials involved in the deal, warning that bilateral pipelines would open a route for the Kurds to circumvent Baghdad’s authority over oil exports. That, in turn, would bring the Kurds a big step closer to independence. (...)
The Obama administration has argued that Turkey’s diplomatic clout and investment dollars make it an important counterweight in Iraq against Iran. If Turkey were to write off southern Iraq as a lost cause, U.S. diplomats worry, Iran would fill the breach by increasing its political and economic presence there, gaining even more influence over Maliki.
But those arguments have not resonated in Ankara, where many senior officials think a major energy partnership with Iraq’s Kurdish region is imminent. “U.S. support would be appreciated,” said one official involved in the deal, “but it’s not a condition.”
USA is against breaking Iraq apart.
USA thinks, that with a preferential oil deal between Turkey and North-Iraq, Turkey would abandon its activities in rest of Iraq and South-Iraq would fall into Iran's hands without competition.
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