An oil tanker carrying crude from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) unloaded its cargo at a U.S. port at the very end of last month – the first since the reopening of the critical Iraq-Turkey Pipeline (ITP) around two months ago. According to industry data, many more such cargoes are expected in the coming day, weeks, and months. Although the U.S. has a genuine use for the medium-heavy sour Iraqi Kurdish blend, these imports are about a lot more than oil and following the recent rocket attack on the KRI’s Khor Mor gas field, the timing…