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BAGHDAD (Iba) .. He said Iraq's oil minister said Iraq would send a new letter to Exxon Mobil requesting clarification on the company's contract with the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region after not receiving a response from the U.S. oil giant.
And Exxon was signed in October an agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government to develop six exploration blocks.
The central government that the agreements signed with the government of Kurdistan are illegal and warns it may impose sanctions against Exxon by the end of the year.
The minister, Abdul Karim and coffee that Iraq sent three letters to the Exxon so far, and will send a letter on Monday, a fourth. He said, adding that a decision has been made yet and that Iraq is waiting for the company.
And entered Baghdad and Arbil, the capital of Kurdistan in the conflict since a long time on the rights of oil and land. The central government says he should have control of the oil sector but the government of Kurdistan, says it has the right to manage the oil fields in the province.
And pay the subject of Exxon tensions between Baghdad and Kurdistan on the dispute on the land to the circle of light which is a potential flashpoint with the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country by the end of the year.
It is likely to affect the outcome of the Exxon-step on how to make other investments oil companies in Iraq is a member of OPEC, but it can also be a pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is facing demands from other regions more autonomy.
And Hussein Shahristani, the deputy Prime Minister for Energy and architect of oil deals signed by Iraq recently had said earlier that the government is considering imposing sanctions on Exxon's year-end.
Iraqi officials have said that a deal could undermine the Kurdistan held Exxon in the giant West Qurna field in the south of the country. The U.S. company also leads the project for water injection costs billions of dollars seen as a major step in the development of oil production in the south. (End)
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And Exxon was signed in October an agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government to develop six exploration blocks.
The central government that the agreements signed with the government of Kurdistan are illegal and warns it may impose sanctions against Exxon by the end of the year.
The minister, Abdul Karim and coffee that Iraq sent three letters to the Exxon so far, and will send a letter on Monday, a fourth. He said, adding that a decision has been made yet and that Iraq is waiting for the company.
And entered Baghdad and Arbil, the capital of Kurdistan in the conflict since a long time on the rights of oil and land. The central government says he should have control of the oil sector but the government of Kurdistan, says it has the right to manage the oil fields in the province.
And pay the subject of Exxon tensions between Baghdad and Kurdistan on the dispute on the land to the circle of light which is a potential flashpoint with the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country by the end of the year.
It is likely to affect the outcome of the Exxon-step on how to make other investments oil companies in Iraq is a member of OPEC, but it can also be a pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is facing demands from other regions more autonomy.
And Hussein Shahristani, the deputy Prime Minister for Energy and architect of oil deals signed by Iraq recently had said earlier that the government is considering imposing sanctions on Exxon's year-end.
Iraqi officials have said that a deal could undermine the Kurdistan held Exxon in the giant West Qurna field in the south of the country. The U.S. company also leads the project for water injection costs billions of dollars seen as a major step in the development of oil production in the south. (End)
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