LONDON- * Chevron will resume oil and gas drilling operations at the Sarta 3 block in Iraqi Kurdistan "in the near future", a company spokeswoman said in an email.

* The San Ramon, California-based company temporarily suspended its operations in the region in October in the wake of unrest following a controversial independence referendum.



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