Kurds halt oil exports in Iraq ERBIL, Iraq, April 2 (UPI) -- The Iraqi government hasn't paid the money it owes to oil producers in the Kurdish provinces since May 2011, the Kurdish government said. The semiautonomous Kurdistan Regional Government said it plans to halt crude oil exports because of the payment row. "There have been no payments for (more than) 10 months, nor any indication from federal authorities that payments are forthcoming," the Kurdish Ministry of Natural Resources was quoted by the Bloomberg News service as saying. Last month, the KRG called on the Iraqi government to investigate what it says is a discrepancy in oil exports. KRG said Baghdad was under-reporting the amount of oil exported from the region by about 30,000 barrels per day. The KRG said the region could increase its exports to around 250,000 bpd but only if Baghdad honors its payment agreements. The Kurdish government said Baghdad owes it about $1.5 billion.