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Kurdish minister unable to close down illegal oil refineries in Iraqi Kurdistan
4/21/2015
Iraqi Kurdistan oil minister Ashti Hawrami
ERBIL-Hewler, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— Iraqi Kurdistan minister of natural resources, Ashti Hawrami, confirms that he is unable to shut down illegal oil refineries in the Kurdish region. After the Kurdish member of the energy and natural resources committee in the Kurdistan Region Parliament has sent a letter to the Kurdistan Region’s Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami, asking him to close down the illegal oil refineries in the region, the Minister officially replied that its not possible to do so.
The committee member has sent a letter to Hawrami, asking him to close down the illegal oil refineries in the region. In his letter, MP Ali Halo claims that there are number of illegal oil refineries near Duhok and Zakho in the north of Kurdistan Region which can affect the health of the residents in the area and the environment as the refineries are not built and run according to the standards.
MP Halo raises questions in his letter asking why the ministry has not closed down the refineries so far and whether they have any plans to shut them or not, “I am seeking an answer.” Halo has declared that if the minister does not respond, “He will sue him as it is the second time he is sending a letter to the minister, regarding this matter”.
Soran Omar, MP from Islamic Group, told Millet that a group of MPs wrote to Hawrami several times asking him to shut down the illegal oil refineries in Kurdistan region without getting a positive response.
Omar added “there are a number of illegal oil refineries near Duhok and Zakho in the north of Kurdistan Region which are refining smuggled oil can affect the health of the residents in the area and the environment as the refineries are not built and run according to the standards”.
Despite the side effects of the non-standard and illegal oil refineries, experts believed to have negative impacts on the economy of Kurdistan Region as they are not fully committed to the laws and instructions of the government.
“The Minister only replied to our last letter saying Ministry of Natural Resources didn’t give license to those oil refineries and its duty of security authorities to close them down” added Soran Omar.
Despite the side effects of the non-standard and illegal oil refineries, experts believed to have negative impacts on the economy of Kurdistan Region as they are not fully committed to the laws and instructions of the government.
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4/21/2015
Iraqi Kurdistan oil minister Ashti Hawrami
ERBIL-Hewler, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— Iraqi Kurdistan minister of natural resources, Ashti Hawrami, confirms that he is unable to shut down illegal oil refineries in the Kurdish region. After the Kurdish member of the energy and natural resources committee in the Kurdistan Region Parliament has sent a letter to the Kurdistan Region’s Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami, asking him to close down the illegal oil refineries in the region, the Minister officially replied that its not possible to do so.
The committee member has sent a letter to Hawrami, asking him to close down the illegal oil refineries in the region. In his letter, MP Ali Halo claims that there are number of illegal oil refineries near Duhok and Zakho in the north of Kurdistan Region which can affect the health of the residents in the area and the environment as the refineries are not built and run according to the standards.
MP Halo raises questions in his letter asking why the ministry has not closed down the refineries so far and whether they have any plans to shut them or not, “I am seeking an answer.” Halo has declared that if the minister does not respond, “He will sue him as it is the second time he is sending a letter to the minister, regarding this matter”.
Soran Omar, MP from Islamic Group, told Millet that a group of MPs wrote to Hawrami several times asking him to shut down the illegal oil refineries in Kurdistan region without getting a positive response.
Omar added “there are a number of illegal oil refineries near Duhok and Zakho in the north of Kurdistan Region which are refining smuggled oil can affect the health of the residents in the area and the environment as the refineries are not built and run according to the standards”.
Despite the side effects of the non-standard and illegal oil refineries, experts believed to have negative impacts on the economy of Kurdistan Region as they are not fully committed to the laws and instructions of the government.
“The Minister only replied to our last letter saying Ministry of Natural Resources didn’t give license to those oil refineries and its duty of security authorities to close them down” added Soran Omar.
Despite the side effects of the non-standard and illegal oil refineries, experts believed to have negative impacts on the economy of Kurdistan Region as they are not fully committed to the laws and instructions of the government.
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