it has been years and years that kirkuk has been disputed.t that is wrapping up, the tension is starting to come up again. between the front lines the federal government of iraq and the regional government. there is also some rivalry between different parties. there is a lot of different groups wanting a piece of the action. kirkuk is producing more than it , half ahe recent past million barrels per day but it's capacity is double of that. more if produce a lot they can work out political settlements. the risk is if the opposite happens and there is no deal reached. tensions could impact the limited production that there is . >> we will be discussing what that means for prices. thank you so much. let's continue this conversation . , who specializes in supply chain management. thank you for joining us. we are talking about iraq oil production. says thatnister still they plan to increase crude production to 5 million barrels per day by the end of the year. given everything going on in the country and these expectations of production increases,