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16.11.2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add comments - Translation / Abdalkhalq the central government's opposition to the Exxon deal with the Kurdistan region could undermine the efforts of the former head of BP's Tony Hayward - Chairman Valaris now. Where engaged Britain in the controversy growing between the Governments of the center and the Kurdistan region on decades of controversial with Exxon Mobil. For his part, called the UK Ambassador in Iraq, Michael Aaron the parties to end the controversy growing around the contracts for the Kurdistan Region. He said: "We urge both governments to resolve their differences and to reach agreements on gas and share the revenue. " This was interference by Michele Aaron before the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Barham Salih, during the first conference of the oil and gas held in Erbil. and that what was announced last Friday about an agreement by Exxon with the provincial government, would threaten any hope of agreement on the oil between the two governments. Valaris and companies such as gambling in the production sharing agreement signed several years ago with the Kurds and approved by the Baghdad later. But the deal, Exxon could destroy this trend. Terms of this agreement has angered the government in Baghdad because the post in the Exxon oil deal is completely separate in the south of the country. in the past and described the central government Kurdish agreements as illegal, and warned on Sunday that it would take legal action against Exxon. For his part, Barham Salih said he was confident that the deal, Exxon will not hinder the steps to agree on the oil law, but he referred to "ethnic cleansing" old and "genocide" committed by Saddam Hussein and his regime against the Kurds. had previously warned that Rubaie, National Security Advisor former member of parliament, Mr. Barham Salih, to approve the deal and said that senior officials in the Iraqi government warned Exxon to continue this approach. And wonder, political analysts whether Exxon has got Tip hidden from Baghdad to continue Besafqatha with Kurdistan, and they claimed that the "controversy" is only to please the critics inside Iraq. I've put a company Valaris - which will change its name this month to the ENEL power - funds and efforts in drilling rights obtained in Kurdistan without the approval of the Federal Government of Iraq. And said Hayward - former head of BP, who lost his job after the issue of leakage in the Gulf of Mexico - The intervention of the Government of the United Kingdom was helpful, Vassador British urges the parties to try to reach solutions. However, some Iraqi experts believe that defended Aaron is an attempt to liquidate the position in the north of the country in support of the other large British interests, as one expert said: "The British do not want to see American companies like Exxon are plundering the wealth of the north, while fears of BP and Shell to go there because they do not want to upset Baghdad." Have suffered Kurdistan decades of failure to invest its resources in light of Saddam's rule, however, surveys the geographical U.S. think that there is approximately 45 billion barrels of reserves in the region, making it the fourth-largest repository of oil in the world after Saudi Arabia and others. The company Genel already producing 50 thousand barrels oil out of one hundred thousand in Kurdistan, a day, and has plans to double production in addition to the construction of a pipeline will enable it to export gas via Turkey. It was hoped that the company announces U.S. oil Chevron close a deal to move to Kurdistan, at the time raised the fever mergers and acquisitions stock prices of small companies listed in London, such as Afrin and company Hertg oil with its involvement in the oil of Kurdistan. for *: Guardian
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