Exxon pulls out of three exploration blocks in Kurdistan - Iraq Oil Report

(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil has pulled out of half of the six exploration blocks it operated in the Kurdistan region, the Iraq Oil Report reported. The oil company has walked away from its operations in the Qara Hanjeer, Arbat East, and Betwata blocks, the magazine reported, citing Kurdistan's Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami and Exxon spokeswoman Lauren Kerr. Chevron , the second-largest U.S. oil company after Exxon Mobil, relinquished its interest in the Rovi block north of Erbil at the