ISTANBUL, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Genel Energy Plc , one of the main oil producers in Iraqi Kurdistan, plans to establish a joint company with the Iraqi Kurdish government to develop gas fields, its chairman said on Friday.

Tony Hayward also said at a conference in Istanbul that the Iraqi Kurdistan region was exporting 600,000-700,000 barrels of crude a day.

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Keywords: GENEL ENERGY IRAQ/