On 13 August, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) posted that reports indicate the KDP and PUK are using petrol and gas supplies as a pressure card against each other, and separately aired PUK senior cadre Abbas Aziz saying the Kurdistan oil file had suffered major failures that produced the current crisis, that Dana Gas had signed a contract with the federal government two days earlier to supply some provinces, and that turning to the federal government would positively affect the region's citizens and their economic lives. No other tracked channel in the collected window carried the Kurdish energy file.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official13 Aug, 11:43
“The Kurdistan oil file has seen major failures that led Kurdistan into the current crisis … resorting to the federal government will positively affect the region's citizens and their economic lives.”
ملف النفط بكردستان شهد إخفاقات كبيرة أدت الى دخول كردستان في الازمة الحالية … اللجوء الى الحكومة الاتحادية سينعكس إيجابيا على مواطني الإقليم وحياتهم الاقتصادية
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official13 Aug, 11:56
“Reports: the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union are using petrol and gas supplies as a pressure card between them.”
تقارير: الحزب الديمقراطي الكردستاني والاتحاد الوطني يستخدمان امدادات البنزين والغاز كورقة ضغط بينهما
AAH's outlet is giving airtime to a Kurdish voice arguing for federal handling of the region's oil and gas, which puts Baghdad-centralisation arguments in a non-Baghdad speaker's mouth.