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11/29/2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add comments - Sumerian News / Erbil called the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, Tuesday, to submit a draft law of oil and gas federal as soon as possible instead of going into the controversies media, as pointed out that the steps the Region the development of the oil sector, is very important, and not contrary to law or the Constitution. The head of the provincial government, Barham Saleh, said in remarks to a number of media including the "Sumerian News", that "instead of the controversies media, let us work to submit a draft law of oil and gas as soon as possible to the Parliament, and to be decided at that and put constitutional and legal framework for the development of the oil wealth, as agreed with Prime Minister Maliki. " Saleh added, commenting on government contracts with the Iraqi Shell Oil, "We hope that this will be decades a source of good for all of Iraq," noting " What we have done in Kurdistan of steps including the development of the oil sector, is very important, according to constitutional controls and by oil and gas law for the Kurdistan region. " The dispute is long between the Government of semi-autonomous Kurdistan and the central government in Baghdad over oil fields in the north. Where is the recent contracts signed between the Government of the region and international oil companies illegal. The deputy prime minister for energy Hussain al-Shahristani denied, in the November 12, 2011, approval of contracts for oil exploration venture between Exxon Mobil and the Kurdistan region, stressing that the ministry informed the company its refusal to sign such contracts, while refuted the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Region it, stressing that the region semi-autonomous northern signed an agreement with American oil on 18 October 2011 on six sectors to explore. The Ministry of Oil in Baghdad, in the November 17, 2011, the Company Exxon Mobil will lose $ 150 million by the contract with the Kurdistan region, as indicated that the company did not respond today to such contracts, confirmed that the oil and gas law if passed will not confer any legitimacy on the contract violation, also warned the company to terminate the contract signed with them in earlier to develop the West Qurna field in Basra. The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Barham Saleh announced in the November 13, 2011, agreement with the central government to raise the Region's exports oil to 175 thousand barrels per day. Iraq seeks through the development of oil fields and presenting them to international companies, to reach a production of at least 11 million barrels per day, during the next six years, as well as 12 million barrels per day after the addition of the quantities of the other fields of national effort.
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